Nigella sativa and derived thymoquinone prevents hippocampal neurodegeneration after chronic toluene exposure in rats

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 579-588

  Kanter, Mehmet ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Morphology; Nigella sativa; Rats; Thymoquinone; Toluene

Indexed keywords

NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; THYMOQUINONE; TOLUENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLACK CUMIN; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HIPPOCAMPAL NEURODEGENERATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MITOCHONDRION SWELLING; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STOMACH INTUBATION;

ANIMALS; BENZOQUINONES; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; NIGELLA SATIVA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOLVENTS; TOLUENE;

ANIMALIA; NIGELLA SATIVA; RATTUS;

EID: 38949116268     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-007-9481-z     Document Type: Article

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