Neonatal administration of thimerosal causes persistent changes in Mu opioid receptors in the rat brain

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1840-1847

  Olczak, Mieszko ^a,b   Duszczyk, Michalina ^a   Mierzejewski, Pawel ^a   Bobrowicz, Teresa ^a   Majewska, Maria Dorota ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c CARDINAL STEFAN WYSZY SKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Brain; Development; Mu opioid receptors; Rat; Thimerosal

Indexed keywords

MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; THIOMERSAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; THIMEROSAL;

RATTUS;

EID: 78449298398     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-010-0250-z     Document Type: Article

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