Effects of developmental exposure to lead, magnesium and zinc mixtures on spatial learning and expression of NMDA receptor subunit mRNA in Fischer 344 rats

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 107-119

  Newman, Heike M ^a   Yang, Raymond S H ^a   Magnusson, Kathy R ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Lead; Magnesium; NR1; NR2A; NR2B; Zinc

Indexed keywords

LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEAD; LONGEVITY; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RNA, MESSENGER; ZINC;

EID: 0037168985     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(01)00450-7     Document Type: Article

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