Changes in mesocorticolimbic dopamine and D1/D2 receptor levels after low level lead exposure: A time course study

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 123, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 217-226

  Gedeon, Yokabet ^a   Ramesh, Govindarajan T ^a   Wellman, Paul J ^b   Jadhav, Arun L ^a  

^a TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

D1 D2 receptors; Dopamine; Lead; Mesocorticolimbic

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; LEAD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; DOPAMINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEAD; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D1; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035883592     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(01)00408-8     Document Type: Article

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