Neonatal exposure to brominated flame retardant BDE-47 reduces long-term potentiation and postsynaptic protein levels in mouse hippocampus

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 865-870

  Dingemans, Milou M L ^a   Ramakers, Geert M J ^b   Gardoni, Fabrizio ^c   van Kleef, Regina G D M ^a   Bergman, Åke ^d   Di Luca, Monica ^c   van den Berg, Martin ^a   Westerink, Remco H S ^a   Vijverberg, Henk P M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CaMKII; Brain growth spurt; Developmental neurotoxicity; Field EPSP recording; Hippocampal synaptic plasticity; Postsynaptic density

Indexed keywords

2,2',4,4' TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; CALCIUM ION; CATECHOLAMINE; FLAME RETARDANT; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN) II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPEROMETRY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN GROWTH; BROMINATION; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CELL STRAIN; CHROMAFFIN CELL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EX VIVO STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FLAME RETARDANTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PC12 CELLS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; RATS;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 34250222478     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9860     Document Type: Article

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