Emergence of delayed methylmercury toxicity after perinatal exposure in metallothionein-null and wild-type C57BL mice

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 746-751

  Yoshida, Minoru ^a   Shimizu, Natsuki ^b   Suzuki, Megumi ^b   Watanabe, Chiho ^c   Satoh, Masahiko ^d   Mori, Kouki ^e   Yasutake, Akira ^f  

^a Hachinohe University   (Japan)

^b MEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavioral effects; Latency; Methylmercury; Mice; Perinatal exposure

Indexed keywords

METALLOTHIONEIN; METHYLMERCURY;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LACTATION; LATENT PERIOD; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RODENT; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MAZE LEARNING; METALLOTHIONEIN; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 46749136082     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10906     Document Type: Article

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