Acute and subacute exposure to malathion impairs aversive but not non-associative memory in rats

Neurotoxicity Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-79

  Valvassori, Samira S ^a   Fortunato, Jucélia J ^a   Gomes, Karin M ^a   Réus, Gislaine Z ^a   Martins, Márcio R ^a   Gavioli, Elaine C ^a   Schetinger, Maria Rosa C ^c   Dal Pizzol, Felipe ^b   Quevedo, João ^a  

^a Universidade do Extremo Sul Catrinense   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO EXTREMO SUL CATARINENSE   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Anxiety; Elevated plus maze test; Inhibitory avoidance task; Malathion; Memory; Open field habituation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; MALATHION; INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXPOSURE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECALL; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; HABITUATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; KINETICS; MEMORY; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HIPPOCAMPUS; INSECTICIDES; KINETICS; MALATHION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 34548611069     PISSN: 10298428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03033902     Document Type: Article

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