Neurobehavioral changes and alteration of gene expression in the brains of metallothionein-I/II null mice exposed to low levels of mercury vapor during postnatal development

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 539-547

  Yoshida, Minoru ^a   Honda, Masako ^b   Watanabe, Chiho ^c   Satoh, Masahiko ^b   Yasutake, Akira ^d  

^a Hachinohe University   (Japan)

^b AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavior; Gene expression; Low level exposure; Mercury vapor; Microarray

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN I; METALLOTHIONEIN II;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; VAPOR;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 80053484217     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.36.539     Document Type: Article

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