High-dose dibutyl phthalate improves performance of F1 generation male rats in spatial learning and increases hippocampal BDNF expression independent on p-CREB immunocontent

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-38

  Li, Yuanfeng ^a   Li, Tao ^a   Zhuang, Meizhu ^a   Wang, Kailiang ^a   Zhang, Juan ^a   Shi, Nian ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

BDNF; Cognitive function; Dibutyl phthalate; PCR; Water maze

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGAN WEIGHT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; SURVIVAL RATE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 72149128907     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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