Developmental cholinotoxicity of lead: Loss of septal cholinergic neurons and long-term changes in cholinergic innervation of the hippocampus in perinatally lead-exposed rats

Brain Research

Volumn 771, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 319-328

  Bourjeily, N ^a   Suszkiw, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

AChE histochemistry; ChAT activity; ChAT immunocytochemistry; Cholinergic neurons; HC 3 binding; Perinatal lead exposure; Rat; Septohippocampal system

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEAD POISONING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELL COUNT; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; HEMICHOLINIUM 3; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEAD POISONING; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE INHIBITORS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030731345     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00828-7     Document Type: Article

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