Compound selection for in vitro modeling of developmental neurotoxicity

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2442-2460

  Kadereit, Suzanne ^a   Zimmer, Bastian ^a   Van Thriel, Christoph ^b   Hengstler, Jan G ^b   Leist, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compound selection; Developmental toxicity; Embryonic stem cells; In vitro; Neural development; Review; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860308551     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/4064     Document Type: Article

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