Methylated tin toxicity a reappraisal using rodents models

Archives Italiennes de Biologie

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 141-153

  Trabucco, A ^a   Di Pietro, P ^a   Nori, S L ^b   Fulceri, F ^c   Fumagalli, L ^d   Paparelli, A ^c   Fornai, Francesco ^a,c  

^a IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Seizures; Tin; Trimethyltin

Indexed keywords

NEUROTOXIN; TRIMETHYLTIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; RODENT; TOXICITY AND INTOXICATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; NEUROTOXINS; RODENTIA; TRIMETHYLTIN COMPOUNDS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 74249110351     PISSN: 00039829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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