Effects of perinatal coexposure to methylmercury and polychlorinated biphenyls on neurobehavioral development in mice

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 387-397

  Sugawara, Norio ^a,c   Ohba, Takashi ^a   Nakai, Kunihiko ^a   Kakita, Akiyoshi ^b   Nakamura, Tomoyuki ^a   Suzuki, Keita ^a   Kameo, Satomi ^a   Shimada, Miyuki ^a   Kurokawa, Naoyuki ^a   Satoh, Chieko ^a   Satoh, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aroclor 1254; Methylmercury; Mouse; Neurobehavioral effect; Open field test; PCBs; Perinatal exposure

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR 1254; METHYLMERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LACTATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; AROCLOR 1254; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EYE; FEMALE; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MAZE LEARNING; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

HIPPOCAMPUS (FISH); MUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 44449143066     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-007-0254-x     Document Type: Article

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