Chronic dietary mercury exposure causes oxidative stress, brain lesions, and altered behaviour in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) parr

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-72

  Berntssen, Marc H G ^a   Aatland, Aase ^b   Handy, Richard D ^c  

^a Natl Insti of Seafood/Nutr Res   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Feed; Histology; Lipid peroxidation; Mercury; Methylmercury; Monoamine

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); ANTIOXIDANT; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ATLANTIC SALMON; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN LEVEL; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MERCURIALISM; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

SALMO; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 0042428778     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(03)00104-8     Document Type: Article

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