Catecholamine levels in the brain of rats exposed by inhalation to benzalkonium chloride

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-113

  Świercz, Radosław ^a   Grzelińska, Zofia ^a   Gralewicz, Sławomir ^a   Wâsowicz, Wojciech ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Benzalkonium chloride; Brain; Catecholamines; Corticosterone; Inhalation exposure; Rats

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ADRENALIN; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOSTERONE; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT;

EID: 68549136582     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10001-009-0012-9     Document Type: Article

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