Exposure in fetus of methylazoxymethanol in the rat alters brain neurotrophins' levels and brain cells' proliferation

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 273-281

  Di Fausto, Veronica ^a   Fiore, Marco ^a   Aloe, Luigi ^a  

^a EUROPEAN BRAIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

BDNF; MAM; NGF; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; BROXURIDINE; METHYLAZOXYMETHANOL; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIVISION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GESTATION PERIOD; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIMBIC CORTEX; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY CORTEX; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; METHYLAZOXYMETHANOL ACETATE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RECEPTOR, TRKA; RECEPTOR, TRKB; TERATOGENS;

RATTUS;

EID: 33947114520     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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