Impairment of long-term potentiation and paired-pulse facilitation in rat hippocampal dentate gyrus following developmental lead exposure in vivo

Brain Research

Volumn 806, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 196-201

  Ruan, Di Yun ^a   Chen, Ju Tao ^a   Zhao, Chen ^a   Xu, Yao Zhong ^a   Wang, Ming ^a   Zhao, Wang Fa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Hippocampal dentate gyms; Lead; Long term; Paired pulse facilitation; Potentiation; Rat

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEAD POISONING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE;

ANIMALS; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; LEAD; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0032576024     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00739-2     Document Type: Article

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