Modulation of behavior and NMDA-R1 gene mRNA expression in adult female mice after sub-acute administration of benzo(a)pyrene

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 630-636

  Grova, Nathalie ^a   Valley, Anne ^b   Turner, Jonathan D ^c   Morel, Andrée ^b   Muller, Claude P ^c   Schroeder, Henri ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE SANTÉ   (Luxembourg)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavior; Benzo(a)pyrene; Learning and memory; Mice; NMDA; NR1 subunit

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; BETA ACTIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERACTIVITY; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MEMORY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NMDA R1 GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZO(A)PYRENE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 34249652387     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2007.01.010     Document Type: Article

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