Hippocampal neuron number loss in rats exposed to ingested sulfite

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 771-778

  Akdogan, Ilgaz ^a   Kocamaz, Erdogan ^a   Kucukatay, Vural ^a   Yonguc, Nilufer Goksin ^a   Ozdemir, Mehmet Bulent ^a   Murk, William ^b  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

hippocampus; rat; Sulfite; sulfite oxidase; the optical fractionator

Indexed keywords

SULFITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA2 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; STEREOLOGY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CA2 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CA3 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; NEURONS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SULFITES;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 80054740169     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233710397418     Document Type: Article

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