Propylene glycol produces excessive apoptosis in the developing mouse brain, alone and in combination with phenobarbital

Pediatric Research

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-62

  Lau, Karen ^a   Swiney, Brant S ^a   Reeves, Nick ^a   Noguchi, Kevin K ^a   Farber, Nuri B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CASPASE 3; PHENOBARBITAL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; CASPASE 3; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE DEGENERATION; PHENOBARBITAL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SOLVENTS;

EID: 83655211578     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pr.2011.12     Document Type: Article

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