Effect of pesticides on kynurenic acid production in rat brain slices

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-179

  Zielińska, Elzbieta ^a   Kocki, Tomasz ^b   Saran, Tomasz ^a   Borbely, Sandor ^c   Kuc, Damian ^b   Vilagi, Ildiko ^c   Urbańska, Ewa M ^a,b   Turski, Waldemar A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Kynurenic acid; Pesticide; Rat brain slices

Indexed keywords

2 (4 CHLORO 2 METHYLPHENOXY)ACETIC ACID; DELTAMETHRIN; DIQUAT; FENPROPATHRIN; FIPRONIL; KYNURENIC ACID; METHOMYL; PESTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; KYNURENIC ACID; MALE; PESTICIDES; PYRETHRINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; STRYCHNOS TOXIFERA;

EID: 33645058178     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 12321966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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