Neurotoxicity of dibutyl phthalate in brain development following perinatal exposure: A study in rats

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 392-402

  Li, Xiu Juan ^a   Jiang, Li ^a   Chen, Long ^a   Chen, Heng Sheng ^a   Li, Xin ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DBP; Hippocampus; Neurotoxicity; Perinatal exposure; Synapse

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIPOCORTIN 5; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYNAPSE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UPREGULATION;

DBP; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEUROTOXICITY; PERINATAL EXPOSURE; SYNAPSE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CASPASE 3; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84878990771     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: 18727077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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