Effects of infrasound on hippocampus-dependent learning and memory in rats and some underlying mechanisms

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 243-247

  Yuan, Hua ^a   Long, Hua ^b   Liu, Jing ^a   Qu, Lili ^a   Chen, Jingzao ^a   Mou, Xiang ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BDNF; Hippocampus; Infrasound; Learning and memory; Neurogenesis; TrkB

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFRASOUND; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUND PRESSURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

RATTUS;

EID: 67650253875     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2009.04.011     Document Type: Article

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