Subchronic treatment with mercuric chloride suppresses immune response, elicits behavioral deficits and increases brain serotonin and dopamine metabolism in rats

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-11

  Hajra, Naz ^a   Nadeem, Baig ^b   Saida, Haider ^a   Haleem, Darakhshan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b KARACHI MEDICAL AND DENTAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

5 HT metabolism; ANA; DA metabolism; Mercuric chloride

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HYPERACTIVITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LATENT PERIOD; LOCOMOTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; WISTAR RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; DOPAMINE; EATING; FEMALE; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 41649102947     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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