Behavioral effects and oxidative status in brain regions of adult rats exposed to BDE-99

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 194, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Bellés, Montserrat ^a   Alonso, Virginia ^a   Linares, Victoria ^a   Albina, Maria L ^a   Sirvent, Juan J ^a   Domingo, José L ^a   Sánchez, Domènec J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adult rats; BDE 99; Brain; Neurotoxicity; Oxidative stress (OS)

Indexed keywords

2,2',4,4',5 PENTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2,2',4,4',5 BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4',5-BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CATALASE; FLAME RETARDANTS; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 77950473483     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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