Neurofilament isoform alterations in the rat cerebellum following cytosine arabinoside administration

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 215-218

  Koros, Christos ^a   Kitraki, Efthimia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Cytosine arabinoside; N acetylcysteine; Neurofilaments; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CYTARABINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CEREBELLUM; CYTARABINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOMERISM; MALE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 67650034259     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2009.05.024     Document Type: Article

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