The ratio of S-adenosylmethione and S-adenosyl-homocysteine is increased in the brains of newborn rats in a model of valproic acid teratogenicity

Toxicology

Volumn 293, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 132-133

  Semmler, Alexander ^a   Frisch, Christian ^b   Smith, Desiree ^c   Blom, Henk ^c   Linnebank, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; METHIONINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; LETTER; MEMORY DISORDER; METHYLATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TERATOGENICITY;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; TERATOGENS; VALPROIC ACID; VITAMINS;

RATTUS;

EID: 84862818482     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: 18793185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2012.01.001     Document Type: Letter

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