The distribution of serotonergic nerves in microencephalic rats treated prenatally with methylazoxymethanol

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 497-501

  Kodama, Yoshio ^a   Nonaka, Ryo Ichi ^b   Hagino, Yoko ^b   Watanabe, Masayuki ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

In situ hybridization; Methylazoxymethanol; Paroxetine; Receptor autoradiography; Serotonin transporters; Target dependent secondary degeneration

Indexed keywords

METHYLAZOXYMETHANOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING SITES; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; METHYLAZOXYMETHANOL ACETATE; MICROCEPHALY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PAROXETINE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; THALAMUS;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS;

EID: 0034027876     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007512109640     Document Type: Article

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