Nickel toxicity in embryos and larvae of the South American toad: Effects on cell differentiation, morphogenesis, and oxygen consumption

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1146-1152

  Sztrum, Abelardo Andrés ^a   D'Eramo, José Luis ^a   Herkovits, Jorge ^a  

^a Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Salud   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amphibian embryos; Cell differentiation; Nickel; Stage dependent susceptibility; Teratogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; AMPHIBIAN EMBRYOS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CILIATED CELLS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; LETHAL CONCENTRATION; LETHAL EFFECTS; MAXIMUM VALUES; NEUROMUSCULAR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TERATOGENESIS; TERATOGENIC EFFECT;

HEAVY METALS; MUTAGENESIS; NICKEL; OXYGEN;

TOXICITY;

NICKEL;

BIOSPHERE; CARCINOGEN; CELL ORGANELLE; CILIATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LARVA; MORPHOGENESIS; NICKEL; OXYGEN; TOAD; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMBRYO; GASTRULA; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEAVY METAL POISONING; LARVA; MICROCEPHALY; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOGENESIS; TOAD; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BUFO ARENARUM; CARCINOGENS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; LARVA; MORPHOGENESIS; NICKEL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SOUTH AMERICA; TERATOGENS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; BUFO AMERICANUS;

EID: 79953738430     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.484     Document Type: Article

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