Imidacloprid induces neurobehavioral deficits and increases expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein in the motor cortex and hippocampus in offspring rats following in utero exposure

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-130

  Abou Donia, Mohamed B ^a   Goldstein, Larry B ^a,b   Bullman, Sarah ^a,b   Tu, T ^a   Khan, Wasi A ^a   Dechkovskaia, Ankelika M ^a   Abdel Rahman, Ali A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE; CORN OIL; CYTOSINE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMIDACLOPRID; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAND BINDING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

HEXAPODA; RATTUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 37249004337     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390701613140     Document Type: Article

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