Aluminium and lead: Molecular mechanisms of brain toxicity

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 789-802

  Verstraeten, Sandra V ^a   Aimo, Lucila ^b   Oteiza, Patricia I ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Calcium; Cell signaling; Lead; Neurotoxicity; Neurotransmission; Oxidative stress; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; LEAD;

BRAIN TOXICITY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HUMAN; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ALUMINUM; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; LEAD; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RISK FACTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 57249103549     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-008-0345-3     Document Type: Review

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