The effect of exogenous melamine on rat hippocampal neurons

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 571-576

  Yan Wang, ^a   Fei Liu, ^b   Yuejiao Wei, ^a   Daicheng Liu, ^a  

^a SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ca2+; caspase 3 activity; damnification; Fluo3; hippocampal neurons; Melamine

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CASPASE 3; CYANURIC ACID; FLUORESCENT DYE; MELAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; KIDNEY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM; CASPASE 3; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CRYSTALLIZATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESINS, SYNTHETIC; TRIAZINES;

RATTUS;

EID: 79959799982     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233710395347     Document Type: Article

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