Effects of subchronic aluminum exposure on spatial memory, ultrastructure and L-LTP of hippocampus in rats

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 255-268

  Zhang, Lifeng ^a,b   Jin, Cuihong ^a   Liu, Qiufang ^a   Lu, Xiaobo ^a   Wu, Shengwen ^a   Yang, Jinghua ^a   Du, Yanqiu ^c   Zheng, Linlin ^d   Cai, Yuan ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shenhe District Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c Shenyang Ninth People's Hospital   (China)

^d EASTERN LIAONING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Hippocampus; L LTP; Memory; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM CHLORIDE;

ALUMINUM BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; LACTATION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYNAPSE; TOXICITY TESTING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84875543274     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.38.255     Document Type: Article

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