Repeated exposures to subthreshold doses of chlorpyrifos in rats: Hippocampal damage, impaired axonal transport, and deficits in spatial learning

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 305, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 375-384

  Terry Jr , A V ^a,b,c,d   Stone, J D ^c   Buccafusco, J J ^b,d   Sickles, D W ^c   Sood, A ^b   Prendergast, M A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Alzheimer's Research Center   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPYRIFOS;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GRIP STRENGTH; MALE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RAT; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; CHLORPYRIFOS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037379972     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/jpet.102.041897     Document Type: Article

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