Chronic developmental lead exposure increases the threshold for long-term potentiation in rat dentate gyrus in vivo

Brain Research

Volumn 736, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 118-124

  Gilbert, M E ^a,b   Mack, C M ^a   Lasley, S M ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

dentate gyrus; hippocampus; lead; learning and memory; long term potentiation; neurotoxicity; rat

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030583637     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00665-8     Document Type: Article

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