Cadmium and its neurotoxic effects

Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wang, Bo ^a   Du, Yanli ^a  

^a INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY FOR NATIONALITIES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; EPIGENETIC MODIFICATION; FUNCTIONAL CHANGES; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NEURONAL SYSTEMS; NEUROTOXIC EFFECTS;

BIOINFORMATICS; HEAVY METALS; INDUSTRIAL POISONS; NEURONS;

CADMIUM;

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; COBALT; ESTROGEN; ZINC;

ABSORPTION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LIVER; METABOLISM; TOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CADMIUM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER;

EID: 84884232816     PISSN: 19420900     EISSN: 19420994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/898034     Document Type: Review

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