Perinatal exposure to low-dose methylmercury induces dysfunction of motor coordination with decreases in synaptophysin expression in the cerebellar granule cells of rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1464, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-7

  Fujimura, Masatake ^a   Cheng, Jinping ^b   Zhao, Wenchang ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebellar granule cell; Methylmercury; Motor coordination; Perinatal exposure; Synaptophysin

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; ROTAROD TEST; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CEREBELLUM; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; WATER POLLUTANTS;

RATTUS;

EID: 84862011658     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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