Thyroidal dysfunction and environmental chemicals-potential impact on brain development

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 108, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2000, Pages 433-438

  Porterfield, Susan P ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain development; Dioxin; Organohalogens; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Thyroid function

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BINDING PROTEIN; DIOXIN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; LIOTHYRONINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; PREALBUMIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYROID DISEASE;

EID: 0033910722     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.00108s3433     Document Type: Article

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