Altered electrophysiological characteristics of developing rat cortical neurones after chronic methylmercury chloride treatment

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 493-499

  Világi, Ildikó ^a   Dóczi, Judit ^a   Banczerowski Pelyhe, Ilona ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Brain slice; Electrophysiology; Methylmercury; Neurotoxicity; Rat

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPIKE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BODY WEIGHT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0343932871     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5748(00)00027-7     Document Type: Article

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