Perinatal lead exposure alters postnatal cholinergic and aminergic system in rat brain: Reversal effect of calcium co-administration

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 343-350

  Basha, D Chand ^a   Rani, M Usha ^a   Devi, C Bhuvaneswari ^b   Kumar, M Ram ^a   Reddy, G Rajarami ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SPWUG and PG College   (India)

Author keywords

Aminergic system; Calcium protection; Cholinergic system; Lead exposure; Motor activity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADRENALIN; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); CALCIUM; DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEAD POISONING; LOCOMOTION; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOGENIC AMINES; BRAIN; CALCIUM; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEAD; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SYNAPTOSOMES;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84860541998     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: 1873474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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