Neurobehavioral toxic effects of perinatal oral exposure to aluminum on the developmental motor reflexes, learning, memory and brain neurotransmitters of mice offspring

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-56

  Abu Taweel, Gasem M ^a   Ajarem, Jamaan S ^b   Ahmad, Mohammad ^c  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Cognitive behaviors; Mice; Neurotransmitters; Offspring; Perinatal

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; DOPAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HAIR GROWTH; LACTATION; LEARNING DISORDER; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MARE; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REFLEX; REFLEX DISORDER; RIGHTING REFLEX; ROTATING REFLEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGING; ALUMINUM; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EYE; FEMALE; HAIR; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REFLEX; ROTATION;

MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 83655169833     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: 18735177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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