Effects of AraC treatment on motor coordination and cerebellar cytoarchitecture in the adult rat. A possible protective role of NAC

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-92

  Koros, Christos ^a   Papalexi, Eugenia ^a   Anastasopoulos, Dimitrios ^b   Kittas, Christos ^a   Kitraki, Efthimia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Calbindin; Cerebellum; Cytosine arabinoside; N Acetylcysteine; Neurofilament

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CALBINDIN; CYTARABINE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; GAIT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOTOR COORDINATION; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; SWIMMING; VELOCITY;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CALCIUM; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; CYTARABINE; CYTOSKELETON; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPACE PERCEPTION; WALKING;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 33846606259     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2006.07.016     Document Type: Article

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