Strain differences in extracellular amino acid neurotransmitter levels in the hippocampi of major histocompatibility complex congenic mice in response to toluene exposure

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 185-190

  Win Shwe, Tin Tin ^a   Mitsushima, Dai ^b   Yamamoto, Shoji ^a   Funabashi, Toshiya ^b   Fujimaki, Hidekazu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Major histocompatibility complex; Microdialysis; Neurotransmitter; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; TAURINE; TOLUENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSATE; EXPOSURE; HAPLOTYPE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; GLYCINE; HAPLOTYPES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, CONGENIC; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOLVENTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TAURINE; TOLUENE;

EID: 60749097724     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000204232     Document Type: Article

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