Dopaminergic toxicity of the herbicide atrazine in rat striatal slices

Toxicology

Volumn 232, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 68-78

  Filipov, Nikolay M ^a   Stewart, Molly A ^a   Carr, Russell L ^a   Sistrunk, Shannon C ^a  

^a Department of Basic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Dopamine; Parkinson's disease; Pesticide neurotoxicity; Striatum

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ATRAZINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; HERBICIDE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NOMIFENSINE; OXYGEN; PESTICIDE; POTASSIUM; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CATECHOLAMINE METABOLISM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOTOXICITY; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOPAMINE UPTAKE; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; BRAIN DISEASES; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HERBICIDES; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; HYDRAZINES; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; NOMIFENSINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

RATTUS;

EID: 33847118969     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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