The red tide toxin, brevetoxin, induces embryo toxicity and developmental abnormalities

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 377-381

  Kimm Brinson, Karen L ^a   Ramsdell, John S ^a,b  

^a Charleston SC 29412 USA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brevetoxin; Red tides; Teratogenicity

Indexed keywords

BREVETOXIN; TRIOLEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DINOFLAGELLATE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; EYE POSITION; FISH; HATCHING; HYPERKINESIA; MENINX; MICROINJECTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL DEFECT; SPINE MALFORMATION; TERATOGENICITY;

ANIMALIA; DINOPHYCEAE; GYMNODINIUM; INVERTEBRATA; KARENIA BREVIS; LATIPES; ORYZIAS LATIPES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035011226     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.01109377     Document Type: Article

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