Neurotransmitter levels in two populations of larval Fundulus heteroclitus after methylmercury exposure

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 287-294

  Zhou, Tong ^a   Rademacher, David J ^b   Steinpreis, Rhea E ^b   Weis, Judith S ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Dopamine; Embryos; Fish; Fundulus heteroclitus; Larvae; Methylmercury; Neurotransmitter; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; METHYLMERCURY; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEROTONIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; FISH; MERCURIALISM; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; KILLIFISHES; LARVA; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0032713529     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(99)00077-8     Document Type: Article

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