Repeated exposure of adult rats to Aroclor 1254 induces neuronal injury and impairs the neurochemical manifestations of the NMDA receptor-mediated intracellular signaling in the hippocampus

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-22

  Hilgier, Wojciech ^a   Łazarewicz, Jerzy W ^a   Struzynska, Lidia ^a   Frontczak Baniewicz, Małgorzata ^a   Albrecht, Jan ^a  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cyclic GMP; Glutamate; Microdialysis; NMDA receptor; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Rat hippocampus

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; AROCLOR 1254; ASPARTIC ACID; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CYCLIC GMP; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NITROGEN OXIDE; TAURINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM ISOTOPES; CHLORODIPHENYL (54% CHLORINE); CYCLIC GMP; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 82055191813     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: 18729711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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