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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-4-22
pubmed:abstractText
Neurotoxic effects of trimethylbenzene isomers (pseudocumene, mesitylene and hemimellitene) in male rats were investigated in conditions of acute and subchronic inhalation exposure. Rotarod performance and pain sensitivity behaviour were tested in rats exposed to trimethylbenzenes at concentrations of 250-2,000 ppm immediately after termination of a 4-hour exposure. Exposure to each of trimethylbenzene isomers resulted in concentration-dependent disturbances in rotarod performance, and decrease in pain sensitivity in rats. Pseudocumene, mesitylene and hemimellitene EC50 values for rotarod performance behaviour disturbances were 954, 963, 768 ppm and for decreases in pain sensitivity EC50 were 1,115, 1,212, 848, ppm, respectively. In conditions of subchronic inhalation exposure, pseudocumene and hemimellitene at concentrations of 25, 100 and 250 ppm caused concentration-dependent disturbances in rotarod performance behaviour and decrease in pain sensitivity. Neurotoxic effect of hemimellitene was more pronounced than that of pseudocumene and mesitylene. Two weeks after cessation of inhalation exposure to pseudocumene or hemimellitene no recovery in rotarod performance behaviour was observed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1232-1087
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
341-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Neurotoxic effects of acute and subchronic inhalation exposure to trimethylbenzene isomers (pseudocumene, mesitylene, hemimellitene) in rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Toxicity Evaluation, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz, Poland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article