Alteration of brain neurotransmitters in female rat offspring induced by prenatal administration of 16 and 64 mg/kg of 2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB153)

Industrial Health

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-21

  Honma, Takeshi ^a,b   Suda, Megumi ^a   Miyagawa, Muneyuki ^a   Wang, Rui Sheng ^a   Kobayazhi, Kenichi ^a   Sekiguchi, Soichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Japan Association for Working Environment Measurement   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Brain; Dopamine; IGS rat; Neurotransmitters; Norepinephrine; Offspring; PCB153; Prenatal exposure; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

RATTUS;

EID: 60349106891     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.47.11     Document Type: Article

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