Cadmium alters behaviour and the biosynthetic capacity for catecholamines and serotonin in neonatal rat brain

J Neurochem. 1977 Apr;28(4):789-94. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1977.tb10629.x.
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MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Newborn*
  • Brain / drug effects*
  • Brain / enzymology
  • Cadmium / pharmacology*
  • Catechol O-Methyltransferase / metabolism
  • Catecholamines / biosynthesis*
  • Dopamine / biosynthesis
  • Female
  • Hypothalamus / drug effects
  • Monoamine Oxidase / metabolism
  • Motor Activity / drug effects
  • Norepinephrine / biosynthesis
  • Pregnancy
  • Rats
  • Serotonin / biosynthesis*
  • Tryptophan / metabolism
  • Tryptophan Hydroxylase / metabolism

Substances

  • Catecholamines
  • Cadmium
  • Serotonin
  • Tryptophan
  • Tryptophan Hydroxylase
  • Monoamine Oxidase
  • Catechol O-Methyltransferase
  • Dopamine
  • Norepinephrine