Purkinje cell and cerebellar effects following developmental exposure to PCBs and/or MeHg

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 74-85

  Roegge, Cindy S ^a   Morris, John R ^b   Villareal, Sherilyn ^c   Wang, Victor C ^d   Powers, Brian E ^d   Klintsova, Anna Y ^e   Greenough, William T ^d   Pessah, Isaac N ^f   Schantz, Susan L ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Methylmercury (MeHg); Paramedian lobule (PML); Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Purkinje cells; Ryanodine receptor; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR 1254; LIOTHYRONINE; METHYLMERCURY; RYANODINE RECEPTOR; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; ROTAROD TEST; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; WHITE MATTER;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBELLUM; DENDRITES; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MERCURY POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; ORGAN SIZE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RYANODINE RECEPTOR CALCIUM RELEASE CHANNEL; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 32844456161     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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