Early postnatal lead exposure induces tau phosphorylation in the brain of young rats

Acta Biologica Hungarica

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 411-425

  Rahman, A ^a   Khan, K ^a   Al Khaledi, G ^a   Khan, I ^a   Attur, Sreeja ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

hyperphosphorylation; lead protein phosphatases; PP2A; Tau

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; DRINKING WATER; LEAD ACETATE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2A; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 5; SERINE; TAU PROTEIN; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN HYPERPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; COGNITION; LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; LEARNING; MEMORY; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1; PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TAU PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84868702991     PISSN: 02365383     EISSN: 1588256X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ABiol.63.2012.4.1     Document Type: Article

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