Effects of subchronic benzo(a)pyrene exposure on neurotransmitter receptor gene expression in the rats hippocampus related with spatial learning and memory change

Toxicology

Volumn 289, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 83-90

  Qiu, Chongying ^a   Cheng, Shuqun ^a   Xia, Yinyin ^a   Peng, Bin ^a   Tang, Qian ^a   Tu, Baijie ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Benzo(a)pyrene; Differential gene expression; Hippocampus; Learning and memory; Microarray; Morris water maze

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA5; ADENOSINE A2A RECEPTOR; ALPHA 1B ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCITONIN RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 2; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 4; HISTAMINE H3 RECEPTOR; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPSIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PROTIRELIN RECEPTOR; PURINERGIC P2X4 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 1D RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 5B RECEPTOR; SERUM AND GLUCOCORTICOID REGULATED KINASE 1; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; TACHYKININ RECEPTOR; THYROTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP2; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RNA ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; BENZO(A)PYRENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 80052751712     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: 18793185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2011.07.012     Document Type: Article

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