Changes in neurotransmitter receptors and neurobehavioral variables in rats co-exposed to lead and ethanol

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 43-49

  Flora, Govinder J S ^a   Khanna, Vinay K ^a   Seth, Prahlad K ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Delta aminolevulinic acid dehydratase; Lead concentration; Lead ethanol exposure; Neurotoxicity; Neurotransmitter receptors; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE; DOPAMINE; FLUNITRAZEPAM; LEAD; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; QUINUCLIDINYL BENZILATE; SPIPERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; LEAD POISONING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; KIDNEY; LEAD; LIVER; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032886842     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(99)00118-6     Document Type: Article

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