Methylmercury disruption of embryonic neural development in Drosophila

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 794-802

  Rand, Matthew D ^a   Dao, Julie C ^a   Clason, Todd A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative model; Drosophila; Embryo; Methylmercury; Neurogenesis; Neuron migration; Nrf2

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOTOXICITY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GLIA CELL; HATCHING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LARVAL STAGE; METAL TOLERANCE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RODENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BODY PATTERNING; CELL MOVEMENT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LARVA; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; NF-E2-RELATED FACTOR 2;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 70349754397     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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