Chronic ethanol exposure alters the levels, assembly, and cellular organization of the actin cytoskeleton and microtubules in hippocampal neurons in primary culture

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 602-612

  Romero, Ana M ^a   Esteban Pretel, Guillermo ^a   Marín, María P ^a   Ponsoda, Xavier ^b   Ballestín, Raúl ^b   Canales, Juan J ^b   Renau Piqueras, Jaime ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Actin; Chronic ethanol; MAP2; Neurons; Rho GTPases; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALCOHOL; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; FETUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CYTOSKELETON; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROTUBULES; NEURONS; RATS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 78549241644     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfq260     Document Type: Article

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