Ammonia causes decreased brain monoamines in fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas)

Brain Research

Volumn 1147, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 184-191

  Ronan, Patrick J ^a,b,c   Gaikowski, Mark P ^d   Hamilton, Steven J ^e   Buhl, Kevin J ^e   Summers, Cliff H ^b,f  

^a Avera Research Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c Research Service   (United States)

^d NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^e Yankton Field Research Station   (United States)

^f University of South Dakota   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Epinephrine; Fish; Norepinephrine; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; 5 HYROXYINDOL 3 ACETIC ACID; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ADRENALIN; AMMONIA; BRAIN MONOAMINE; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FISH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMMONIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BRAIN; CYPRINIDAE; DOPAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; SEROTONIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WATER POLLUTANTS;

PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 34247144887     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.02.015     Document Type: Article

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