Polychlorinated biphenyls impair blood-brain barrier integrity via disruption of tight junction proteins in cerebrum, cerebellum and hippocampus of female Wistar rats: Neuropotential role of quercetin

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 706-720

  Selvakumar, K ^a   Prabha, R Lakshmi ^a   Saranya, K ^a   Bavithra, S ^a   Krishnamoorthy, G ^b   Arunakaran, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b Asan Memorial Dental College and Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; polychlorinated biphenyls; quercetin; tight junction proteins

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR 1254; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MESSENGER RNA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; QUERCETIN; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TIGHT JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEEDING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; QUERCETIN; TIGHT JUNCTION PROTEINS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; QUERCETIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; TIGHT JUNCTION PROTEINS;

ALLIUM CEPA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84879745642     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327112464798     Document Type: Article

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