Comparative effects of organic and inorganic mercury on in vivo dopamine release in freely moving rats

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1361-1365

  Faro, L R F ^a   Rodrigues, K J A ^a   Santana, M B ^a   Vidal, L ^a   Alfonso, M ^b   Duran R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dopamine release in vivo; Mercury chloride; Mercury determination; Methylmercury; Microdialysis; Striatum

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; MERCURY CHLORIDE; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE RELEASE; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; TIME;

RATTUS;

EID: 35548974321     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2006005000157     Document Type: Article

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