In vivo methylmercury exposure induced long-lasting epileptiform activity in layer II/III neurons in cortical slices from the rat

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 138-143

  Dasari, Sameera ^a   Yuan, Yukun ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epileptiform activity; Extracellular microelectrode recording; Methylmercury; Rat cortical slice; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 76749171175     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2009.12.017     Document Type: Article

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