Methylmercury-induced movement and postural disorders in developing rat: regional analysis of brain catecholamines and indoleamines

Brain Research

Volumn 439, Issue 1-2, 1988, Pages 138-146

  O'Kusky, John R ^a   Boyes, Barry E ^a   McGeer, Edith G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caudate putamen; Cerebral cortex; Cerebral palsy; Dopamine; Methylmercury; Noradrenaline; Serotonin; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; METHYLMERCURY; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN CORTEX; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

AGING; ANIMAL; BIOGENIC AMINES; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CATECHOLAMINES; DYSKINESIA, DRUG-INDUCED; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; ORGAN WEIGHT; POSTURE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; REFERENCE VALUES; SPINAL CORD; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023865540     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(88)91470-9     Document Type: Article

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