Effects of postnatal formaldehyde exposure on pyramidal cell number, volume of cell layer in hippocampus and hemisphere in the rat: A stereological study

Brain Research

Volumn 1145, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 157-167

  Sarsilmaz, Mustafa ^a   Kaplan, Suleyman ^b   Songur, Ahmet ^c   Colakoglu, Serdar ^a   Aslan, Huseyin ^d   Tunc, Ayten Turkkani ^d   Ozen, Oguz Aslan ^c   Turgut, Mehmet ^e   Baş, Orhan ^c  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^d GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cavalieri principle; Formaldehyde; Hemisphere; Hippocampus; Pyramidal cell; Stereology; Volume

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CELL COUNT; CELL VOLUME; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; STEREOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ATROPHY; CELL COUNT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NEUROTOXINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33947627158     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.01.139     Document Type: Article

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