Gene-chemical interactions in the developing mammalian nervous system: Effects on proliferation, neurogenesis and differentiation

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 589-597

  Fox, Donald A ^a   Opanashuk, Lisa ^b   Zharkovsky, Aleksander ^c   Weiss, Bernie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Dioxin; Endocrine disrupters; Hippocampus; Lead; Retina

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ALPHA7 INTEGRIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN 20; CYCLIN B2; CYCLIN D2; DIOXIN; EPHRIN B1; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1BETA; LEAD; METHYLMERCURY; MYC PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PARAQUAT; PARATHION; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; PROTEIN BAX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DENTATE GYRUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MICE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROGENESIS; NEUROTOXINS; RATS;

MAMMALIA; MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 77956231720     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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