Neurotoxicity of toluene

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-99

  Win Shwe, Tin Tin ^a   Fujimaki, Hidekazu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Mice; Neuroimmune factors; Neurotoxicity; Toluene

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTROPHIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PESTICIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE AGENT;

AGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEREDITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOTOXICITY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; MICE; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; TOLUENE;

MUS;

EID: 77955927092     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2010.06.022     Document Type: Review

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