The brain of rodents presents a rapid development after birth. Thus, the functioning of the nervous system can be modified by action of xenobiotics during this period. The alterations can be evaluated by the performance ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate if myelinogenesis is related to the mechanism by which diphenyl ditelluride [(PhTe)2] causes toxicity in rat pups. The present study was performed to examine whether the behavioral ...

Tellurium is a rare element that has been regarded as a toxic, nonessential element, and its biological role is not clearly established. In addition, the biological effects of elemental tellurium and some of its organic ...

Selenium (Se) is an essential micronutrient present in selenoproteins on living beins, in the form of the amino acid selenocysteine and selenomethionine. Chemically related to Se, tellurium (Te) has no biological function ...

Diphenyl ditelluride (PhTe)2 is an organic tellurium compound widely used as an intermediate in organic synthesis reactions and in the industry. Several studies have shown that this compound causes various toxic effects ...

In this work, we investigated the effect of (PhTe)2 administration (10 μmol/kg and 50 μmol/kg) to adult mice on the behavioral performance and on some parameters of oxidative stress in the brain ad liver. The animals ...

This paper describes a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) systematic investigation regarding the functionalization of gold (Au) and silver (Ag) nanoparticles with diphenyl dichalcogenides, i.e. diphenyl disulfide, ...

Experimental models of seizure in animals have represented an important role for the understanding of the physiological and behavioural alterations associated with the human epilepsy. The induction of partial or generalized ...

Excitotoxicity refers to the neurodegenerative process initiated by excessive activation of receptors for the neurotransmitter glutamate. This process is one of the most extensively studied processes of neuronal cell death, ...