Prenatal transfer of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) results in developmental neurotoxicity in zebrafish larvae

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 9727-9734

  Chen, Lianguo ^a   Yu, Ke ^a   Huang, Changjiang ^b   Yu, Liqin ^a   Zhu, Bingqing ^c,d   Lam, Paul K S ^c,d   Lam, James C W ^c,d   Zhou, Bingsheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d Shenzhen Research Institute Building ^*  (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHERS; HEALTH RISKS; PROTEINS; TOXICITY;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RISKS; LOCOMOTION ACTIVITY; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); ZEBRAFISH LARVAE;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ALPHA TUBULIN; CHOLINESTERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; RNA; SYNAPSIN II;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYPRINID; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HATCHING; HEALTH RISK; LARVA; NEUROLOGY; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROTEIN; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWIMMING; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 84865788128     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es302119g     Document Type: Article

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