Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) selectively disrupt serotonergic cell growth in the developing Spisula embryo

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 54-63

  Smith, C R ^a   Barker, C M ^a   Barker, L F ^a   Jessen Eller, K ^a   Reinisch, C L ^a  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aroclor 1254; Environmental contamination; Invertebrate embryo model; PCBs; Spisula solidissima

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SEROTONIN;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CLAM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DOSE RESPONSE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; AROCLOR 1254; BIVALVIA; CELL DIVISION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEROTONIN; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; SPISULA; SPISULA SOLIDISSIMA;

EID: 0032808418     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/50.1.54     Document Type: Article

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