Neurochemical changes after acute binge toluene inhalation in adolescent and adult rats: A high-resolution magnetic resonance spectroscopy study

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 382-389

  O'Leary Moore, Shonagh K ^a   Galloway, Matthew P ^a   McMechan, Andrew P ^a   Irtenkauf, Susan ^a   Hannigan, John H ^a,b,c   Bowen, Scott E ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA; Inhalant abuse; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; N acetyl aspartate; Toluene

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALANINE; CHOLINE; CREATINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCEROPHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; INOSITOL; LACTIC ACID; PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; TAURINE; TOLUENE;

ADULT ANIMAL; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FRONTAL CORTEX; INHALANT ABUSE; JUVENILE ANIMAL; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AGE FACTORS; ALANINE; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; CHOLINE; CREATINE; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; INOSITOL; LACTIC ACID; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLVENTS; TAURINE; TOLUENE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 70349735888     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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