Developmental lead exposure and two-way active avoidance training alter the distribution of protein kinase C activity in the rat hippocampus

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1119-1125

  Chen, Hwei Hsien ^a   Ma, Tangeng ^a   Paul, Ian A ^a   Spencer, James L ^a   Ho, Ing K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoidance learning; Lead; Protein kinase C

Indexed keywords

LEAD ACETATE; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRAINING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BODY WEIGHT; CYTOSOL; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MEMBRANES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROTEIN KINASE C; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030757839     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027365202328     Document Type: Article

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