Toluene induces rapid and reversible rise of hippocampal glutamate and taurine neurotransmitter levels in mice

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-82

  Win Shwe, Tin Tin ^a   Mitsushima, D ^b   Nakajima, D ^a   Ahmed, S ^a   Yamamoto, S ^a   Tsukahara, S ^a   Kakeyama, M ^a   Goto, S ^a   Fujimaki, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid neurotransmitters; Hippocampus; Mice; Microdialysis; SPME; Toluene

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; TOLUENE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

ANIMALS; GLUTAMATES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SOLVENTS; TAURINE; TOLUENE;

EID: 33845423982     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2006.10.017     Document Type: Article

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