Behavioral deficits induced by lead exposure are accompanied by serotonergic and cholinergic alterations in the prefrontal cortex

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 232-239

  Mansouri, Mohammad Taghi ^a   Naghizadeh, Bahareh ^a   López Larrubia, Pilar ^b   Cauli, Omar ^c  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS ALBERTO SOLS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain Pb concentration; Cognitive deficits; Extra neuronal neurotransmitter; Gender bias

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROOMING; HYPERACTIVITY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REARING; ROTAROD TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL LEARNING;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; LEAD; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICRODIALYSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN;

RATTUS;

EID: 84873246010     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: 18729754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2012.12.009     Document Type: Article

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