Neurotoxicity and oxidative stress induced by gibberellic acid in rats during late pregnancy and early postnatal periods: Biochemical and histological changes

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 583-590

  Troudi, Afef ^a   Bouaziz, Hanen ^a   Soudani, Nejla ^a   Ben Amara, Ibtissem ^a   Boudawara, Tahia ^a   Touzani, Hanen ^b   Lyoussi, Badiaa ^c   Zeghal, Najiba ^a  

^a université de Sfax   (Tunisia)

^b SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Cerebellum; Cerebrum; GA3; Suckling rats

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; DRINKING WATER; GIBBERELLIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN LEVEL; CELL LOSS; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXTERNAL GRANULAR LAYER; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; SUCKLING; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; FEMALE; GIBBERELLINS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84155169669     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: 16181433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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