Central nervous system toxicity after acute oral formaldehyde exposure in rabbits: An experimental study

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1141-1149

  Arici, S ^a   Karaman, S ^a   Dogru, S ^a   Cayli, S ^a   Arici, A ^a   Suren, M ^a   Karaman, T ^a   Kaya, Z ^a  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

apoptosis; Formaldehyde; glial fibrillary acidic protein; oral toxicity; rabbit brain

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; CASPASE 3; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; FORMALDEHYDE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NEUROTOXICITY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RABBIT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BRAIN; CASPASE 3; DNA DAMAGE; FORMALDEHYDE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RABBITS;

EID: 84910092073     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327113514098     Document Type: Article

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