The effects of prenatal exposure to cocaine on the dopaminergic cells in the rat retina. An immunocytochemical and neurochemical study

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 697-708

  Silva Araujo A ^d   Silva, M C ^d   Simon, A ^a   Nguyen Legros, J ^a   Ali, S F ^b   Tavares, M A ^c  

^a Lab de NeuroCytologie Oculaire   (France)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Porto School of Nursing   (Portugal)

^d NONE

Author keywords

cocaine; dopaminergic cells; immuno cytochemistry; morphometry; neurochemistry; prenatal exposure; rat; retina; tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; COCAINE; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA;

EID: 0030008362     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0080     Document Type: Article

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