The effect of silver nanoparticles on apoptosis and dark neuron production in rat hippocampus

Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 644-648

  Bagheri Abassi, Farzaneh ^a   Alavi, Hassan ^b   Mohammadipour, Abbas ^a   Motejaded, Fatemeh ^a   Ebrahimzadeh Bideskan, Alireza ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Dark neuron; Hippocampus; Neurotoxicity; Silver nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

SILVER NANOPARTICLE; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK NEURON; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA2 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; TUNEL ASSAY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84938399160     PISSN: 20083866     EISSN: 20083874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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