Circulating corticosterone alters the rate of neuropathological and behavioral changes induced by trimethyltin in rats

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 86-94

  Tsutsumi, S ^a,b   Akaike, M ^a   Arimitsu, H ^a   Imai, H ^c   Kato, N ^b,d  

^a Aventis Pharma Ltd   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Metyrapone; Morris maze; Timm staining; Trimethyltin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; METYRAPONE; TRIMETHYLTIN;

ADRENALECTOMY; AMNESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERACTIVITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE SPROUTING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 0036146871     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.2001.7824     Document Type: Article

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