Hippocampal neuronal loss, decreased GFAP immunoreactivity and cognitive impairment following experimental intoxication of rats with aluminum citrate

Brain Research

Volumn 1491, Issue , 2013, Pages 23-33

  Silva Jr , Ademir F ^a   Aguiar, Maria Socorro S ^a   Carvalho Jr , Odemir S ^a   Santana, Luana De Nazaré S ^a   Franco, Edna C S ^a   Lima, Rafael Rodrigues ^a   De Siqueira, Natalino Valente M ^a   Augusto Feio, Romulo ^a   Faro, Lilian Rosana F ^b   Gomes Leal, Walace ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aluminum citrate; Astrocytes; Hippocampus; Learning; Memory; Neurons

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM CITRATE; CITRATE SODIUM; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL LOSS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURVIVAL TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ASTROCYTES; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CITRIC ACID; COGNITION DISORDERS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84874020842     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.10.063     Document Type: Article

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