Protective effects of thymoquinone on the neuronal injury in frontal cortex after chronic toluene exposure

Journal of Molecular Histology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-46

  Kanter, Mehmet ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Frontal cortex; Morphology; Rats; Thymoquinone; Toluene

Indexed keywords

THYMOQUINONE; TOLUENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BENZOQUINONES; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TOLUENE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 79954448000     PISSN: 15672379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10735-010-9305-3     Document Type: Article

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