Thorium-induced neurobehavioural and neurochemical alterations in Swiss mice

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 338-347

  Kumar, Amit ^a   Ali, Manjoor ^a   Mishra, Pravin ^a   Pandey, B N ^a   Sharma, Pragya ^a   Mishra, Kaushala Prasad ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine esterase; Antioxidant enzymes; Behavioural effect; Natural thorium; Neurotoxicity; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CATALASE; PENTETATE CALCIUM; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THORIUM 232; ANTIOXIDANT; PENTETIC ACID; THORIUM; THORIUM DERIVATIVE; THORIUM NITRATE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING DISORDER; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; INJECTION; METABOLISM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; INJECTIONS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MICE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; PENTETIC ACID; THORIUM; THORIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 67649230566     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09553000902781071     Document Type: Article

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