Effects of dietary methylmercury on the zebrafish brain: Histological, mitochondrial, and gene transcription analyses

BioMetals

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 165-180

  Cambier, Sébastien ^a   Gonzalez, Patrice ^a   Nathalie, Mesmer Dudons ^a   Brèthes, Daniel ^a   Fujimura, Masatake ^b   Bourdineaud, Jean Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics; Brain; Dietary exposure; Methylmercury; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATP2B3A GENE; ATP2B3B GENE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; BRAIN TOXICITY; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN GENE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE GENE; GLUTATHIONE S TRANSFERASE GENE; GRANULAR CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MERCURIALISM; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SDH GENE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLC8A2B GENE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CELL RESPIRATION; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DANIO RERIO;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL RESPIRATION; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MITOCHONDRIA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84861208119     PISSN: 09660844     EISSN: 15728773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10534-011-9494-6     Document Type: Article

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