Neurotoxicological effects of low-dose methylmercury and mercuric chloride in developing offspring mice

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 196-204

  Huang, Chun Fa ^a,b   Liu, Shing Hwa ^b   Hsu, Chuan Jen ^b   Lin Shiau, Shoei Yn ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hg accumulation; Lipid peroxidation; Mercurial compounds; Na+ K+ ATPase activities; Neurotoxicity; Perinatal exposure

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); MERCURIC CHLORIDE; METHYLMERCURY; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; FETUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SODIUM-POTASSIUM-EXCHANGING ATPASE;

MUS;

EID: 79951773043     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2010.12.016     Document Type: Article

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