Effects of methylmercury on postnatal neurobehavioral development in mice

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 462-467

  Gao, Yu ^a,b   Ding, Yu ^a   Shi, Rong ^a   Tian, Ying ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research   (China)

Author keywords

Methylmercury; Morris water maze; Neurobehavioral development; NMDA receptors

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN GROWTH; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPATIAL MEMORY; WEIGHT GAIN; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SWIMMING;

MUS;

EID: 53349147060     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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