Neurovestibular toxicities of acrylonitrile and iminodipropionitrile in rats: A comparative evaluation of putative mechanisms and target sites

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 124-131

  Khan, Haseeb Ahmad ^a   Alhomida, Abdullah Saleh ^a   Arif, Ibrahim Abdulwahid ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acrylonitrile; Behavioral deficits; Dopaminergic neurotransmission; Iminodipropionitrile; Neurotoxicity; Oxidative stress; Vestibular toxicity

Indexed keywords

3,3' IMINODIPROPIONITRILE; ACRYLONITRILE; GLUTATHIONE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHOREA; CIRCLING BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DYSKINESIA; HAIR CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RIGHTING REFLEX; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

ACRYLONITRILE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CHOREA; GLUTATHIONE; HAIR CELLS, VESTIBULAR; MALE; NITRILES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 65549161448     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfp043     Document Type: Article

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