Influence of bismuth on the number of neurons in cerebellum and hippocampus of normal and hypoxia-exposed mouse brain: A stereological study

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 383-392

  Larsen, Agnete ^a   Stoltenberg, Meredin ^a   West, Mark J ^a   Danscher, Gorm ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Autometallography (AMG); Bismuth; CA1; CA3; Heavy metals; Hippocampus; Hypoxia; Purkinje cells; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BISMUTH;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOMETALLOGRAPHY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTOXICATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BISMUTH; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; CEREBELLUM; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; PURKINJE CELLS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ATAXIA; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 24744446777     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1061     Document Type: Article

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