Protective effects of Nigella sativa on the neuronal injury in frontal cortex and brain stem after chronic toluene exposure

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2241-2249

  Kanter, Mehmet ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain stem; Frontal cortex; Morphology; Nigella sativa; Rats; Toluene

Indexed keywords

NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; TOLUENE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLACK CUMIN; BRAIN STEM; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CHROMATIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FRONTAL CORTEX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STOMACH INTUBATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; FRONTAL LOBE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; NIGELLA SATIVA; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TOLUENE;

ANIMALIA; NIGELLA SATIVA; RATTUS;

EID: 52549093785     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-008-9702-0     Document Type: Article

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