Methylmercury at low doses modulates the toxicity of PCB153 on PC12 neuronal cell line in asynchronous combination experiments

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 808-811

  Goldoni, M ^a   Caglieri, A ^a   Poli, D ^a   Vettori, M V ^a   Ceccatelli, S ^b   Mutti, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Combined exposure; Methyl Mercury; Neurotoxicity; PC12; PCB153

Indexed keywords

2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; METHYLMERCURY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN; CYTOTOXICITY; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM TEST; NONHUMAN; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PC12 CELLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RATS;

RATTUS;

EID: 37349063741     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.09.104     Document Type: Article

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