Iron-induced cerebellar purkinje cell loss is ameliorated by flunarizine

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-42

  Kozan, Ramazan ^a   Bostanci, M Ömer ^b   Nacar, Tuncer ^c   Aslan, Ali ^c   Baǧirici, Faruk ^c  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HITIT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Flunarizine; Iron; Neurotoxicity; Purkinje cell; Stereology

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TISSUES; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM IONS; FLUNARIZINE; FOUR GROUPS; INTRAPERITONEALLY; NEUROPROTECTIVE EFFECTS; NEUROTOXICITY; PURKINJE CELL; STEREOLOGY;

BRAIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CELLS; MICROSTRUCTURE; RATS;

NEURONS;

FLUNARIZINE; IRON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PURKINJE CELL; RAT;

EID: 63449096017     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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