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SUBMITTER: Melo CGS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5430799 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Melo Carina Guimarães de Souza CGS Perles Juliana Vanessa Colombo Martins JVCM Zanoni Jacqueline Nelisis JN Souza Sara Raquel Garcia de SRG Santos Erika Xavier EX Leite Aline de Lima AL Heubel Alessandro Domingues AD E Souza Camila Oliveira CO Souza Juliana Gadelha de JG Buzalaf Marília Afonso Rabelo MAR
Scientific reports 20170421 1
Ingested fluoride (F) is absorbed mainly in the small intestine, which is controlled by the Enteric Nervous System (ENS). Although important intestinal symptomatology has been described after excessive F exposure, there have been no studies reporting the effects of F on the ENS. In this study, the effects of chronic F exposure were evaluated on the duodenums of rats through proteomic and morphological analyses. Concentrations of 0, 10, or 50 ppm of F were applied to the drinking water for 30 day ...[more]