Inhalation of low-level formaldehyde enhances nerve growth factor production in the hippocampus of mice

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 373-375

  Fujimaki, Hidekazu ^a   Kurokawa, Yoshika ^a   Kakeyama, Masaki ^a   Kunugita, Naoki ^b   Fueta, Yukiko ^b   Fukuda, Takaichi ^c   Hori, Hajime ^b   Arashidani, Keiichi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Formaldehyde; Hippocampus; Immunization; Mouse; Nerve growth factor

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNIZATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 5644251594     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080147     Document Type: Article

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