Gestational exposure to cadmium alters crucial offspring rat brain enzyme activities: The role of cadmium-free lactation

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 835-839

  Liapi, Charis ^a   Stolakis, Vasileios ^a   Zarros, Apostolos ^a   Zissis, Konstantinos M ^a   Botis, John ^a   Al Humadi, Hussam ^a   Tsakiris, Stylianos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Brain; Cadmium; Mg2+ ATPase; Na+,K+ ATPase; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (MAGNESIUM); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); BRAIN ENZYME; CADMIUM; CHLORIDE;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME MODIFICATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; LACTATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BRAIN; CADMIUM; MG(2+)-ATPASE; NA(+),K(+)-ATPASE; NEUROTOXICITY;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; CA(2+) MG(2+)-ATPASE; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM-POTASSIUM-EXCHANGING ATPASE;

EID: 84883253875     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: 18727077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2013.07.014     Document Type: Article

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