Effect of thimerosal on the neurodevelopment of premature rats

World Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 356-360

  Chen, Yan Ni ^a   Wang, Jue ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Li, Su Jiao ^a   He, Li ^a   Shao, Dong Dong ^a   Du, Hui Ying ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

dopamine D4 receptor; neurodevelopment; serotonin 2A receptor; thimerosal

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIOMERSAL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; INJECTION; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMATURITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2A; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; THIMEROSAL;

EID: 84889254367     PISSN: 17088569     EISSN: 18670687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-013-0443-z     Document Type: Article

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