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  • Title: Neurochemical effects on rats of n-heptane inhalation exposure.
    Author: Savolainen H, Pfäffli P.
    Journal: Arch Environ Contam Toxicol; 1980; 9(6):727-32. PubMed ID: 7469483.
    Abstract:
    Inhalation exposure of male rats at three dose levels (4.2, 21, 62 mol/L) to n-heptane vapor caused a dose-dependent brain and body solvent burden, which increased during two weeks of exposure. Initial neurochemical effects included reduced RNA concentration and increased NADPH-diaphorase in brain at the lowest dose. Increased proteolysis was detected in the cerebral samples in the second week at all doses, and the NADPH-diaphorase returned to the control range. Brain RNA content tended to be larger than in the controls. All biochemical effects were abolished after two weeks of withdrawal from the two-week exposure, with the exception of reduced glutathione at the lowest dose. None of the rats presented clinical signs of neuropathy, which indicates that heptane and its metabolites do not share the specific neurotoxicity of hexane and its metabolites.
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