Chlorpyrifos-oxon disrupts zebrafish axonal growth and motor behavior

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 146-159

  Yang, Dongren ^a,b   Lauridsen, Holly ^b   Buels, Kalmia ^b   Chi, Lai Har ^c   La Du, Jane ^d   Bruun, Donald A ^b   Olson, James R ^c   Tanguay, Robert L ^d   Lein, Pamela J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon outgrowth; Chlorpyrifos; Chlorpyrifos oxon; Developmental neurotoxicology; Organophosphorus pesticides; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHLORPYRIFOS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME METABOLISM; FERTILIZATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VIVO STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MORTALITY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SWIMMING; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 79955456701     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfr028     Document Type: Article

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