Polychlorinated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers alter striatal dopamine neurochemistry in synaptosomes from developing rats in an additive manner

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 150-159

  Dreiem, Anne ^a,b   Okoniewski, Richard J ^a   Brosch, Karl O ^a   Miller, Veronica M ^a,b   Seegal, Richard F ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Additivity; Brominated flame retardants; Dopamine; Interactions; PCBs; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; METABOLITE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNAPTOSOME;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG SYNERGISM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNAPTOSOMES;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 77958485033     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfq229     Document Type: Article

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