Toluene disrupts synaptogenesis in cultured hippocampal neurons

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 90-96

  Lin, Huei Min ^a   Liu, Chih Yang ^b   Jow, Guey Mei ^c   Tang, Chih Yung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAOYUAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Glutamatergic synpases; Immunofluorescence; Neurotoxicology; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

DENSIN 180; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; SYNAPSIN; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; CELL VIABILITY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIALOGLYCOPROTEINS; SOLVENTS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPSINS; TOLUENE;

RATTUS;

EID: 58149280229     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2008.10.027     Document Type: Article

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