Studies with neuronal cells: From basic studies of mechanisms of neurotoxicity to the prediction of chemical toxicity

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1350-1355

  Sunol C ^a,b   Babot, Z ^a,b   Fonfria E ^a   Galofre M ^a   Garcia D ^a   Herrera, N ^a   Iraola, S ^a   Vendrell, I ^a,b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

GABA; Glutamate; In vitro; Neurotoxicity; Primary neuronal cultures; Proteomics

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CHEMICAL AGENT; CONVULSANT AGENT; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; METHYLMERCURY; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PESTICIDE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL CULTURE; CONVULSION; GRANULE CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTOXICATION; NERVE CELL; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROTEOMICS; TARGET CELL;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; MICE; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RATS; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 44749090948     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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