Neonatal exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE 153) disrupts spontaneous behaviour, impairs learning and memory, and decreases hippocampal cholinergic receptors in adult mice

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 95-106

  Viberg, Henrik ^a   Fredriksson, Anders ^a   Eriksson, Per ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cholinergic system; Flame retardants; Learning and memory; Neonatal; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Spontaneous behaviour

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; BRAIN LEVEL; BREAST MILK; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPERACTIVITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0141726863     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-008X(03)00217-5     Document Type: Article

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