Ultrastructural and immunohistochemical investigation on the gills of the teleost, Thalassoma pavo L., exposed to cadmium

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-213

  Brunelli, Elvira ^a   Mauceri, Angela ^b   Maisano, Maria ^b   Bernabò, Ilaria ^a   Giannetto, Alessia ^b   De Domenico, Elena ^b   Corapi, Barbara ^a   Tripepi, Sandro ^a   Fasulo, Salvatore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Electron microscopy; Gills; Immunohistochemistry; Teleost; Thalassoma pavo; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CALMODULIN; CASPASE 3; CYCLINE; METALLOTHIONEIN; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEUROPEPTIDE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CADMIUM POISONING; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GILL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LC 50; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TELEOST; THALASSOMA PAVO;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CADMIUM; CALMODULIN; CASPASE 3; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPITHELIUM; GILLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METALLOTHIONEIN; NEUROPEPTIDES; PERCIFORMES; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN;

ANIMALIA; PISCES; TELEOSTEI; THALASSOMA PAVO;

EID: 79151470231     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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