Effects of chronic aluminum exposure from prenatal to postnatal on learning and memory, NO, nNOS in hippocampus of young rats

Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1152-1155

  Nan, Juan ^a   Liu, Hui Hui ^a   Du, Yan Xia ^a   Xing, Wei ^a   Cai, Kui ^a   Cai, Yuan ^a   Liu, Peng ^a   Liu, Yu Li ^a   Shi, Li De ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aluminum exposure; Learning and memory; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase; Nitric oxide; Period from prenatal to postnatal

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

EID: 37049036569     PISSN: 10011978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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