Neurological effects of acute uranium exposure with and without stress

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1110-1119

  Barber, D S ^a   Hancock, S K ^b   McNally, A M ^a   Hinckley, J ^b   Binder, E ^b   Zimmerman, K ^b   Ehrich, M F ^b   Jortner, B S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurotoxicity; Stress; Uranium

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; GLUTATHIONE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; URANIUM; URANYL ACETATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FORELIMB; GRIP STRENGTH; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERUM; STRESS; STRIATE CORTEX; WEIGHT GAIN; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CORTICOSTERONE; DOPAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTATHIONE; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; KIDNEY DISEASES; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 35648965150     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2007.05.014     Document Type: Article

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