Study of tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive neurons in neonate rats lactationally exposed to 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 951-957

  Garcia, G ^a   Tagliaferro, P ^b   Ferri, A ^a   Evangelista De Duffard, A M ^a   Duffard, R ^a   Brusco, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

2,4 Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid; Dopaminergic neurons; Serotonin transporter; Substantia nigra; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; HERBICIDE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 5044231139     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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