Peripubertal exposure of atrazine cause decrease in exploratory activity, deficits in sociability and few alterations on brain monoaminergic systems of rats

EL Ricci, J Zaccarelli-Magalhães, LP Pantaleon… - Toxicology and Applied …, 2024 - Elsevier
Atrazine is a pesticide used to control weeds in both in pre-and post-emergence crops. The
chronic exposure to atrazine can lead to severe damage in animals, especially in the …

Chronic atrazine exposure causes disruption of the spontaneous locomotor activity and alters the striatal dopaminergic system of the male Sprague–Dawley rat

U Bardullas, M Giordano, VM Rodríguez - Neurotoxicology and teratology, 2011 - Elsevier
The herbicide atrazine (ATR) is widely used around the world, and is a potential toxicant of
the dopaminergic systems. Nigrostriatal and mesolimbic systems are the two major …

Early and transitory hypoactivity and olfactory alterations after chronic atrazine exposure in female Sprague-Dawley rats

J Sánchez-Yépez, T Acevedo-Huergo… - NeuroToxicology, 2024 - Elsevier
Several studies have shown that chronic exposure to the herbicide atrazine (ATR) causes
alterations in locomotor activity and markers of the dopaminergic systems of male rats …

The long-term effects of the herbicide atrazine on the dopaminergic system following exposure during pubertal development

Y Li, Y Sun, J Yang, Y Wu, J Yu, B Li - Mutation Research/Genetic …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Atrazine (2-chloro-4-ethylamino-6-isopropylamino-s-triazine) is used worldwide as
a herbicide, and its presence in the environment has resulted in documented human …

Short-term atrazine exposure causes behavioral deficits and disrupts monoaminergic systems in male C57BL/6 mice

Z Lin, CA Dodd, NM Filipov - Neurotoxicology and teratology, 2013 - Elsevier
Excessive exposure to the widely used herbicide atrazine (ATR) affects several organ
systems, including the brain, where neurochemical alterations reflective of dopamine (DA) …

Early exposure to low doses of atrazine affects behavior in juvenile and adult CD1 mice

V Belloni, F Dessì-Fulgheri, M Zaccaroni… - Toxicology, 2011 - Elsevier
Environmental exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals is receiving increasing attention,
with particular regard to distinct periods of development where neuroendocrine circuitries …

The effect of exposure to atrazine on dopaminergic development in pubertal male SD rats

YS Li, X He, K Ma, YP Wu, BX Li - Birth defects research part B …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Atrazine (ATR, 2‐chloro‐4‐ethylamino‐6‐isopropylamino‐s‐triazine) is used worldwide as a
herbicide, and its presence in the environment has resulted in documented human …

Atrazine neural and reproductive toxicity

H Sadeghnia, S Shahba… - Toxin …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Atrazine is one of the common herbicides with an annual usage of 70,000–90,000 tons
worldwide. Due to its long half-life (> 60 days), atrazine persists in water and soil for long …

Behavioral effects and neuroanatomical targets of acute atrazine exposure in the male Sprague-Dawley rat

VM Rodriguez, MS Mendoza-Trejo, I Hernandez-Plata… - Neurotoxicology, 2017 - Elsevier
Atrazine (ATR) is an herbicide broadly used in the world to control weeds in corn and
sorghum fields, and it is potentially toxic for the dopaminergic system. Alterations in …

A study of the age-related effects of lactational atrazine exposure

Y Sun, YS Li, B Li, K Ma, BX Li - Reproductive toxicology, 2017 - Elsevier
A growing number of reports have demonstrated that the widely-used herbicide Atrazine
(ATR) can cause injury to dopamine (DA) neurons, but the exact mechanism remains …