Delayed reduction of hippocampal synaptic transmission and spines following exposure to repeated subclinical doses of organophosphorus pesticide in adult mice

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 196-208

  Speed, Haley E ^a   Blaiss, Cory A ^a,c   Kim, Ahleum ^a   Haws, Michael E ^a,b   Melvin, Neal R ^b,d   Jennings, Michael ^a   Eisch, Amelia J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^d QUEST UNIVERSITY CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Chlorpyrifos; Gulf war illness; Gulf war syndrome; Synapse

Indexed keywords

CHLORPYRIFOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS POTENTIAL; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; SPINAL NERVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

MUS;

EID: 84555178188     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfr253     Document Type: Article

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