Prenatal exposure to methylmercury during late gestation affects cerebral opiatergic system in rat offspring

Environmental Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 48-53

  Zanoli, Paola ^a   Truzzi, Cristina ^a   Veneri, Cristina ^a   Brandoli, Cinzia ^a   Baraldi, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 5 DEXTRO LEUCINE]; METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PENTOBARBITAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FEMALE; HOT PLATE TEST; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SUPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 0030774398     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1997.3729     Document Type: Article

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