Dopamine-β-hydroxylase immunohistochemical study in the locus coeruleus of neonate rats exposed to 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid through mother's milk

Drug and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 435-442

  Garcia G B ^a   Konjuh, C ^a   Duffard, R O ^a   De Duffard, A M Evangelista ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

2,4 Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid; Dopamine beta hydroxylase; Immunocytochemistry; Locus coeruleus; Neonatal exposure

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN TISSUE; BREAST MILK; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART PERFUSION; HORMONE INHIBITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LACTATION; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MILK; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33748675910     PISSN: 01480545     EISSN: 15256014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01480540600838058     Document Type: Article

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