Spelling suggestions: "subject:"rats -- a:ffect off chemicals ono"" "subject:"rats -- a:ffect off chemicals onn""
1 |
Absorption and metabolism of selenite by perfused small intestine, and hepatocytes from ratsPark, Yeong-Chul 29 December 1993 (has links)
Graduation date: 1994
|
2 |
Effect of dietary fluoride on selenite toxicity in the ratYu, Qing, 1966- 28 January 1992 (has links)
Two factorial experiments were conducted to determine if
high dietary fluoride would inhibit selenite toxicity in
rats. In each study, two levels of selenite (0.05 and 5
mg/kg diet) were matched against two levels of fluoride (1
and 150 mg/kg diet) for either 6 or 8 weeks. Fluoride failed
to prevent the depressive effect of selenite on food intake
and body weight gain in either study. Although liver
selenium concentration was slightly (15%) but significantly
(P < 0.005) reduced when the highest fluoride and selenium
level were combined in the first study, this effect could not
be repeated. These three measures therefore failed to
provide evidence for a fluoride and selenium interaction.
Fluoride, however, prevented hepatic necrosis seen in most of
the selenite-toxic rats. Hepatic lesions seen histologically
in selenite-toxic rats were not observed for either kidney or heart. With regard to a possible mechanism for the fluoride
effect upon selenite liver pathology, fluoride partially
(26%) but significantly (P < 0.025) reduced thiobarbituricreactive
substances (an indicator of peroxidative cell
membrane damage) in selenite-toxic rats, but there was no
fluoride effect on an enzyme system (liver xanthine oxidase)
that potentially could generate an initiator of lipid
peroxidation. In agreement with results of others, fluoride
deposition into bone was inconsistently affected by selenite,
Overall, the protective effect of fluoride on selenite
toxicity appears to be confined to liver pathology. The
exact mechanism for this effect, however, remains unclear. / Graduation date: 1992
|
3 |
Electrophysiologic detection of the neurotoxic effects of acrylamide and 2,5-hexanedione in ratsTowell, Todd L. 23 June 2009 (has links)
Brain stem auditory evoked potentials (BAEP) and somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP), recorded from subcutaneously placed electrodes in anesthetized rats, were used to detect the neurotoxic effects of acrylamide and 2,5-hexanedione. Sixty adult male rats were equally divided into four groups: acrylamide (20 mg/kg/day), 2,5-hexanedione (350 mg/kg/day), food restricted and control. Brain stem auditory evoked potentials and somatosensory evoked potentials were recorded on weeks 0,1,2 and 3 of treatment.
SEP waveforms were considerably more variable than BAEP results. Mean latencies in the control, food restricted and acrylamide groups were similar for the entire three weeks. A nonsignificant increase was seen in the mean latencies in the 2,5-hexanedione group. Brain stem auditory evoked potential latencies recorded on the pretreatment week were compared to each successive week within a treatment group. The control group had small but statistically significant prolongations in the latencies of wave II on weeks 2 and 3, and latencies III and IV on week 3. Results from the food restricted group were not statistically different at any time. The acrylamide group had prolongations in latency II and IV by week 3 of treatment. Latencies of all waveforms from the 2,5-hexanedione group were significantly longer than pretreatment values on weeks 2 and 3. Mean latencies of the two consistently identified somatosensory evoked potential waves (Pl, Nl) recorded from the contralateral cortex on the pretreatment week were comparable to values reported in the literature. Brain stem auditory evoked potentials recorded from subcutaneously placed electrodes in anesthetized rats can detect the neurotoxic effects of acrylamide and 2,5-hexanedione. Lack of significant differences in the food restricted group indicates the observed effects in the groups receiving neurotoxicant were not related to weight loss. Differences in the control group were of small magnitude and variance and therefore may be statistically but not biologically significant. / Master of Science
|
Page generated in 0.1244 seconds