Effects of decabrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE 209) exposure at different developmental periods on synaptic plasticity in the dentate gyrus of adult rats in vivo

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 401-410

  Xing, Tairan ^a   Chen, Liang ^a   Tao, Yanan ^a   Wang, Ming ^a   Chen, Jutao ^a   Ruan, Di Yun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus; Electrophysiology; Hippocampus; Long term potentiation; Polybromininated diphenyl ethers; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; IN VIVO STUDY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; LACTATION; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 67650739448     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfp114     Document Type: Article

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