Low level postnatal methylmercury exposure in vivo alters developmental forms of short-term synaptic plasticity in the visual cortex of rat

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 240, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 412-422

  Dasari, Sameera ^a   Yuan, Yukun ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extracellular microelectrode recording; Methylmercury; Short term synaptic plasticity; Synaptic transmission; Visual cortical slice of rat

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; METHYLMERCURY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 70349759311     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2009.07.037     Document Type: Article

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