Differential effects of developmental hypo- and hyperthyroidism on acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase activity in the spinal cord of developing postnatal rat pups

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 570-577

  Koohestani, Faezeh ^a   Brown, Chester M ^a   Meisami, Esmail ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Butyrylcholinesterase; Cholinergic development; Cretinism; Hyperthyroidism; Hypothyroidism; Postnatal development; Rat; Spinal cord; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANTITHYROID AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE; GROWTH HORMONE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHOLINERGIC SYNAPSE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; HYDROLYSIS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; FEMALE; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PREGNANCY; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; THYROXINE;

EID: 84867433298     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: 1873474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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