Deleterious effects in mice of fish-associated methylmercury contained in a diet mimicking the Western populations' average fish consumption

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 303-313

  Bourdineaud, Jean Paul ^a   Fujimura, Masatake ^b   Laclau, Muriel ^a   Sawada, Masumi ^b   Yasutake, Akira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicology; Fish consumption; Methylmercury; Tuna

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; MAMMALS;

ECO-TOXICOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; FISH CONSUMPTION; GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS; METHYL MERCURY; TOLERABLE WEEKLY INTAKES; TUNA; WOMEN OF CHILD-BEARING AGES;

FISH;

DOPAMINE; METHYLMERCURY; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; METHYLMERCURY; PERCIFORM; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RODENT; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY GROWTH; C57BL 6 MOUSE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; FISH; FISH MEAT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; FREEZE DRYING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MERCURIALISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEA FOOD; UNITED STATES; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

MUS; SCOMBRIDAE; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 78751611201     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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