Myelination changes in the rat optic nerve after prenatal exposure to methamphetamine

Brain Research

Volumn 1106, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-29

  Melo, Pedro ^a,b   Moreno, Vicente Zanón ^c   Vázquez, Sheila Pons ^c   Pinazo Durán, Maria Dolores ^c   Tavares, Maria Amélia ^a,b  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c Ophthalmology Research Unit Santiago Grisolia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Methamphetamine; Myelin; Myelin basic protein; Optic nerve; Rat

Indexed keywords

METHAMPHETAMINE; MYELIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATION PERIOD; GROUPS BY AGE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL ENLARGEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; FEMALE; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; OPTIC NERVE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33746743666     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.05.020     Document Type: Article

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