Developmental exposure to methylmercury alters learning and induces depression-like behavior in male mice

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 428-437

  Onishchenko, Natalia ^a   Tamm, Christoffer ^a   Vahter, Marie ^a   Hökfelt, Tomas ^a   Johnson, Jeffrey A ^b   Johnson, Delinda A ^b   Ceccatelli, Sandra ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Developmental neurotoxicity; Neural stem cells

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; METHYLMERCURY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CAGE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GESTATIONAL AGE; LEARNING DISORDER; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MOTIVATION; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; ROTAROD TEST; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; DEPRESSION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; STEM CELLS; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 34447581151     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfl199     Document Type: Article

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