Neurotoxic potential of depleted uranium - Effects in primary cortical neuron cultures and in Caenorhabditis elegans

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 553-565

  Jiang, George C T ^a   Tidwell, Kristen ^b   Mclaughlin, Beth Ann ^b   Cai, Jiyang ^c   Gupta, Ramesh C ^d   Milatovic, Dejan ^b   Nass, Richard ^b   Aschner, Michael ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Depleted uranium; Gulf War Syndrome; Neurotoxicity; Primary neurons

Indexed keywords

THIOL DERIVATIVE; URANYL ACETATE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; N METHYLASPARTIC ACID; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ENERGY; CELL METABOLISM; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METAL METABOLISM; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; TOXICITY TESTING; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; RAT; SECRETION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 38449090079     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfm171     Document Type: Article

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