Dysregulation of BDNF-TrkB signaling in developing hippocampal neurons by Pb2+: Implications for an environmental basis of neurodevelopmental disorders

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 277-295

  Stansfield, Kirstie H ^a   Richard Pilsner, J ^b   Lu, Quan ^c   Wright, Robert O ^c   Guilarte, Tomás R ^a  

^a Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF; Epigenetics; Hippocampus; Huntingtin; MeCP2; Neuron; Phosphorylation; Synapsin I; Synaptogenesis; TrkB

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; HUNTINGTIN; LEAD; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR P75; SYNAPSIN I; TROPOMYOSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMBRYO; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 84860151670     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfs090     Document Type: Article

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