Gene expression profiling in rat cerebellum following in utero and lactational exposure to mixtures of methylmercury, polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-103

  Padhi, B K ^a   Pelletier, G ^a   Williams, A ^a   Berndt Weis, L ^a   Yauk, C ^a   Bowers, W J ^a   Chu, I ^a  

^a Health Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Gene expression; Methylmercury; Organochlorine pesticides; Perinatal exposure; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; PROPYLTHIOURACIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CANADA; CELL MIGRATION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; LACTATION; MALE; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CEREBELLUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NEUROPEPTIDES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; SEX FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 37549056621     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2007.08.016     Document Type: Article

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