Profound destructive effects of adolescent exposure to Vincristine accompanied with some sex differences in motor and memory performance

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 379-386

  Shabani, Mohammad ^a   Larizadeh, Mohammad Hassan ^a   Parsania, Shahrnaz ^a   Shekaari, Majid Asadi ^a   Shahrokhi, Nader ^a  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Learning and memory; Motor function; Sex differences; Vincristine

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REARING; ROTAROD TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; NERVE DEGENERATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 84859126232     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: 12057541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Y11-132     Document Type: Article

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