Aluminum affects glial system and behavior of rats

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 333, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-27

  Erazi, Hasna ^a   Sansar, Wafa ^a   Ahboucha, Samir ^a   Gamrani, Halima ^a  

^a CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Anxiety; Behavior; Chronic poisoning; GFAP; Immunohistochemistry; Rat brain

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ALUMINUM; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BRAIN; FOOD POISONING; IMMUNOASSAY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RODENT;

ADULTHOOD; ALUMINUM OVERLOAD; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELL COUNT; CHLORIDES; DRINKING; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOLUTIONS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 76749128061     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2009.09.016     Document Type: Article

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