Postnatal development of synaptic plasticity in the CA3 hippocampal region of control and lead-exposed Wistar rats

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 82-90

  Gutowski, Martin ^a   Altmann, Lilo ^a   Sveinsson, Karolina ^a   Wiegand, Herbert ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

facilitation; hippocampus; inhibition; lead neurotoxicity; long term potentiation; mossy fiber; paired pulse stimulation; postnatal development

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MOSSY FIBER; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEAD; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0031026741     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(96)00178-2     Document Type: Article

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