Possible role of serotoninergic system in the neurobehavioral impairment induced by acute methylmercury exposure in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 727-734

  Maximino, Caio ^a,b   Araujo, Juliana ^a,b   Leão, Luana Ketlen Reis ^a   Grisolia, Alan Barroso Araújo ^a   Oliveira, Karen Renata Matos ^a   Lima, Monica Gomes ^a   Batista, Evander de Jesus Oliveira ^a   Crespo López, Maria Elena ^a   Gouveia, Amauri ^a   Herculano, Anderson Manoel ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b Zebrafish Neuroscience Research Consortium   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Methylmercury; Oxidative stress; Serotonin; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

MALONALDEHYDE; METHYLMERCURY; SEROTONIN; TRYPTAMINE 4,5 DIONE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; EXPOSURE; EXTRACELLULAR INDOLEAMINE LEVEL; LIGHT DARK PREFERENCE TEST; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; NOVEL TANK TEST; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MERCURY POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SEROTONIN; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 84855968735     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: 18729738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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