Prenatal low-level exposure to CO alters postnatal development of hippocampal nitric oxide synthase and haem-oxygenase activities in rats

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 219-222

  Vaccari, Andrea ^a   Ruiu, Stefania ^a   Saba, Pierluigi ^a   Fà, Mauro ^b   Cagiano, Raffaele ^c   Coluccia, Addolorata ^c   Mereu, Giampaolo ^a   Steardo, Luca ^d   Tattoli, Maria ^c   Trabace, Luigia ^c   Cuomo, Vincenzo ^c  

^a 'Bernard B Brodie' Department of Neuroscience   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Haem oxygenase; Hippocampus; Nitric oxide synthase; Prenatal exposure

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; HEME OXYGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CARBON MONOXIDE; FEMALE; HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); HEMOGLOBINS; HIPPOCAMPUS; ISOENZYMES; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0035701299     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145701002450     Document Type: Article

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