Evaluation of changes in methylmercury accumulation in the developing rat brain and its effects: A study with consecutive and moderate dose exposure throughout gestation and lactation periods

Brain Research

Volumn 949, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 51-59

  Sakamoto, Mineshi ^a   Kakita, Akiyoshi ^b   Wakabayashi, Koichi ^b   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^b   Nakano, Atsuhiro ^a   Akagi, Hirokatsu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Developing brain; Exposure assessment; Methylmercury; Migration abnormality; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN SIZE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LACTATION; LEARNING DISORDER; MEMORY; MILK; MOTOR COORDINATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PLACENTA; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; SUCKLING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MAZE LEARNING; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MILK; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037072564     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)02964-5     Document Type: Article

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