Effects of prenatal exposure to styrene on neurochemical levels in rat brain

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 239-249

  Katakura, Yoko ^a   Kishi, Reiko ^b   Ikeda, Toshiko ^a   Miyake, Hirotsugu ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fetotoxicity; Indoleamine; Neurochemical toxicity; Prenatal exposure; Styrene

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEROTONIN; STYRENE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FETUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NOREPINEPHRINE; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; STYRENE; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0032942356     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(99)00006-5     Document Type: Article

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