PCBs reduce long-term potentiation in the CA1 region of rat hippocampus

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 26-34

  Niemi, William D ^a,b   Audi, Jennifer ^a,b   Bush, Brian ^a   Carpenter, David O ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Russell Sage College   (United States)

Author keywords

Hippocampal brain slices; Long term potentiation; PCBs; Posttetanic potentiation

Indexed keywords

3,3',4,4' TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TRICLOSAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POST TETANIC POTENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032080262     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1998.6793     Document Type: Article

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