Effects of methyl mercury in combination with polychlorinated biphenyls and brominated flame retardants on the uptake of glutamate in rat brain synaptosomes: A mathematical approach for the study of mixtures

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 175-184

  Stavenes Andersen, Ingrid ^a   Voie, Øyvind Albert ^b   Fonnum, Frode ^a   Mariussen, Espen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardants; Ecotoxicology; Methyl mercury; Neurotransmitter; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Predictive toxicology

Indexed keywords

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANT; BROMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; METHYLMERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BROMINE; FLAME RETARDANTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPTOSOMES;

RATTUS;

EID: 70450166778     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfp178     Document Type: Article

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