Gestational 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin exposure effects on sensory cortex function

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1032-1042

  Hood, Darryl B ^a   Woods, Letha ^b   Brown, La'Nissa ^a   Johnson, SaLynn ^a   Ebner, Ford F ^b  

^a Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience and Department of Psychiatry   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPA receptor; Environmental contaminant; Learning and memory; NMDA receptor; S1 cortex; Somatosensory plasticity; TCDD

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AMPA RECEPTOR; CORN OIL; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; URETHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

ANIMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33751551422     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2006.05.022     Document Type: Article

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