Lethal and sub-lethal yessotoxin dose-induced morpho-functional alterations in intraperitoneal injected Swiss CD1 mice

Toxicon

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-90

  Franchini, A ^a   Marchesini, E ^a   Poletti, R ^b   Ottaviani, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b Centro Ricerche Marine   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain; Duodenum; Swiss CD1 mice; Thymus; Yessotoxin

Indexed keywords

TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YESSOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; CARCINOGENICITY; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LETHAL DOSE; LETHALITY; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DUODENUM; ETHERS, CYCLIC; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MICE; OXOCINS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 3042638645     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.04.012     Document Type: Article

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