Repeated exposure to the herbicide atrazine alters locomotor activity and the nigrostriatal dopaminergic system of the albino rat

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 82-94

  Rodríguez, Verónica M ^a   Limón Pacheco, Jorge H ^a   Mendoza Trejo, Maria Soledad ^a   González Gallardo, Adriana ^a   Hernández Plata, Isela ^a   Giordano, Magda ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROBIOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Dopamine receptors; Dopamine transporter; Herbicides; Tyrosine hydroxylase; Vesicular monoamine transporter 2

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; AMPHETAMINE; ANTIOXIDANT; ATRAZINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MESSENGER RNA; MONOAMINE; THIOREDOXIN 1; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VESICULAR MONOAMINE TRANSPORTER 2;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DNA SYNTHESIS; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DOWN REGULATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HYPOACTIVITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ALBINISM; ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; BASAL GANGLIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HERBICIDES; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D1; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RNA, MESSENGER; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOREDOXINS; TIME FACTORS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VESICULAR MONOAMINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

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EID: 84870349513     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: 18729711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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