Neurobehavioral impairments, generation of oxidative stress and release of pro-apoptotic factors after chronic exposure to sulphur mustard in mouse brain

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 240, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 208-218

  Sharma, Deep Raj ^a   Sunkaria, Aditya ^a   Bal, Amanjit ^a   Bhutia, Yangchen D ^b   Vijayaraghavan, R ^b   Flora, S J S ^b   Gill, Kiran Dip ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase 3; Cytochrome c; Mitochondrial oxidative stress; Sulphur mustard

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CYTOCHROME C; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MUSTARD GAS; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; ROTAROD TEST; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CASPASE 3; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CYTOCHROMES C; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSTARD GAS; NEURONS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 70349260133     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2009.06.015     Document Type: Article

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