Aging and Susceptibility to Toluene in Rats: A Pharmacokinetic, Biomarker, and Physiological Approach

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 301-318

  Gordon, Christopher J ^a   Gottipolu, Reddy R ^b   Kenyon, Elaina M ^a   Thomas, Ronald ^b   Schladweiler, Mette C ^a   MacK, Cina M ^a   Shannahan, Jonathan H ^b   Wallenborn, J Grace ^c   Nyska, Abraham ^d   MacPhail, Robert C ^a   Richards, Judy E ^a   Devito, Mike ^a   Kodavanti, Urmila P ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MESSENGER RNA; TOLUENE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN LEVEL; BROWN NORWAY RAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TACHYCARDIA; TOXICITY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEART; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; RATS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TOLUENE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 75649114509     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390903421144     Document Type: Article

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