Alteration of brain levels of neurotransmitters and amino acids in male F344 rats induced by three-week repeated inhalation exposure to 1-bromopropane

Industrial Health

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 348-359

  Suda, Megumi ^a   Honma, Takeshi ^b   Miyagawa, Muneyuki ^a   Wang, Rui Sheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Japan Association for Working Environment Measurement   (Japan)

Author keywords

1 Bromopropane; Acetylcholine; Amino acids; Catecholamine; Neurotransmitter; Rat brain; Serotonin; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

1 BROMOPROPANE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; CATECHOLAMINE; GLUTAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEROTONIN; TAURINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FISCHER 344 RAT; FRONTAL CORTEX; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; JAPAN; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

RATTUS;

EID: 51849150884     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.46.348     Document Type: Article

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