The effects of methylmercury on motor activity are sex- and age-dependent, and modulated by genetic deletion of adenosine receptors and caffeine administration

Toxicology

Volumn 241, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 119-133

  Björklund, Olga ^a   Kahlström, Johan ^a   Salmi, Peter ^a   Ögren, Sven Ove ^a   Vahter, Marie ^a   Chen, Jiang Fan ^b   Fredholm, Bertil B ^a   Daré, Elisabetta ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenosine receptors; Behavioral analysis; Caffeine; Knock out mice; Methylmercury; Psychostimulants

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE RECEPTOR; AMPHETAMINE; CAFFEINE; DRINKING WATER; METHYLMERCURY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN LEVEL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA MODIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HYPOXIA; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CAFFEINE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P1; SEX FACTORS;

MUS;

EID: 35348998910     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2007.08.092     Document Type: Article

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