Postmortem stability of brain GABAergic and glutamatergic receptors and enzymes under ecological conditions

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 84, Issue , 2012, Pages 133-138

  Rutkiewicz, Jennifer ^a   Basu, Niladri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicology; Neurochemical biomarker; Neurotoxicology; Risk assessment; Storage; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; BRAIN ENZYME; BRAIN RECEPTOR; DIZOCILPINE; FLUNITRAZEPAM; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATERGIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMARKER; BRAIN; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN TISSUE; CHICK; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FREEZE THAWING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STABILITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; STORAGE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BENZODIAZEPINES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CHICK EMBRYO; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

AVES;

EID: 84865577364     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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