Neuroimmune responses to toxic agents: Comparison of organometal electrophiles using detection of antibodies to neural cytoskeleton and myelin as biomarkers

Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 173-189

  Surendran, Geetha ^a   El Fawal, Hassan A N ^a  

^a MERCY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Biomarkers; GFAP; Metals; Myelin; Neurofilaments; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DRINKING WATER; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HEAVY METAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEAD; METHYLMERCURY; MYELIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT H PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT L PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT M PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; TRIMETHYLTIN; WATER;

AGGRESSIVENESS; AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOSIS; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FISCHER 344 RAT; HEALTH HAZARD; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IRRITABILITY; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RAT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 44149099613     PISSN: 1816496X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jpt.2008.173.189     Document Type: Review

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