Effects of in utero and lactational exposure to endosulfan in prefrontal cortex of male rats

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-67

  Cabaleiro, Teresa ^a   Caride, Ana ^a   Romero, Alejandro ^a   Lafuente, Anunciación ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Biogenic amines; Endosulfan; Male offspring rats; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; BIOGENIC AMINE; DOPAMINE; ENDOSULFAN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; NORADRENALIN; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; SEROTONIN; TAURINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LACTATION; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIOGENIC AMINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOSULFAN; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; INSECTICIDES; LACTATION; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 37049021767     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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