Histological study on hippocampus, amygdala and cerebellum following low lead exposure during prenatal and postnatal brain development in rats

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1052-1063

  Barkur, Rajashekar Rao ^a   Bairy, Laxminarayana K ^b  

^a MELAKA MANIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

amygdala; blood lead; cerebellum; Developing brain; hippocampus; lead acetate

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; LEAD; LEAD ACETATE;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN HISTOLOGY; CELL DAMAGE; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBELLUM; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LACTATION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUG EFFECTS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PATHOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEAD; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEURONS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84971287294     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: 14770393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233714545624     Document Type: Article

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