Building-Associated Neurological Damage Modeled in Human Cells: A Mechanism of Neurotoxic Effects by Exposure to Mycotoxins in the Indoor Environment

Mycopathologia

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 377-390

  Karunasena, Enusha ^a   Larrañaga, Michael D ^b   Simoni, Jan S ^c   Douglas, David R ^c   Straus, David C ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Indoor air quality; Mycotoxins; Neurological damage; Satratoxin; Sick building syndrome; Stachybotrys chartarum; Trichothecenes

Indexed keywords

SATRATOXIN H; TRICHOTHECENE DERIVATIVE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; NEURAL STEM CELL; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

APOPTOSIS; ASTROCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRICHOTHECENES;

FUNGI; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM;

EID: 78049353101     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-010-9330-5     Document Type: Article

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