Gestational all-trans retinoic acid treatment in the rat: Neurofunctional changes and cerebellar phenotype

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 395-403

  Coluccia, Addolorata ^a   Belfiore, Domenico ^a   Bizzoca, Antonella ^a   Borracci, Pietro ^a   Trerotoli, Paolo ^a   Gennarini, Gianfranco ^a   Carratù, Maria Rosaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

All trans retinoic acid; Cerebellar phenotype; Locomotor activity; Motor coordination; Motor learning; Reflexive behavior

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GRIP STRENGTH; HAIR GROWTH; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PUP (RODENT); RAT; REPRODUCTION; RIGHTING REFLEX; ROTAROD TEST; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBELLUM; DYSKINESIA, DRUG-INDUCED; FEMALE; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STEREOISOMERISM; TERATOGENS; TIME; TRETINOIN;

RATTUS;

EID: 50349089852     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2008.03.064     Document Type: Article

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