Effects of chronic lead (Pb) exposure on neurobehavioral function and dopaminergic neurotransmitter receptors in rats

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-121

  Ma, Tangeng ^a   Chen, Hwei Hsien ^b   Ho, Ing K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dopamine receptors; Lead; Locomotor activity; Open field; Radial arm maze; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 8 IODO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; LEAD; SULPIRIDE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BEHAVIOR; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; LEAD POISONING; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

(R)-2,3,4,5-TETRAHYDRO-8-CHLORO-3-METHYL-5-PHENYL-1H-3-BENZAZEPIN-7-OL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; LEAD; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEOSTRIATUM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D1; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; SULPIRIDE; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0033059796     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(98)00388-9     Document Type: Article

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