Effects of perinatal exposure to low-dose cadmium on thyroid hormone-related and sex hormone receptor gene expressions in brain of offspring

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 790-797

  Ishitobi, Hiromi ^a   Mori, Kohki ^b   Yoshida, Katsumi ^c   Watanabe, Chiho ^a  

^a GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Cadmium; Gene; Perinatal exposure

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; CADMIUM; DRINKING WATER; HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; NEUROGRANIN; THIAMAZOLE; THYROID HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CADMIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; NEUROGRANIN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX FACTORS; THYROID HORMONES; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

MUS;

EID: 34447297791     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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