Influence of prenatal exposure to environmental pollutants on human cord blood levels of glutamate

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 102-110

  Palou Serra, Aina ^a,b   Murcia, Mario ^b,c   Lopez Espinosa, Maria Jose ^b,c   Grimalt, Joan O ^d   Rodríguez Farré, Eduard ^a,b   Ballester, Ferran ^b,c,e   Suñol, Cristina ^a,b  

^a INST D INVESTIGACIONS B   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c Center for Research in Public Health (CSISP)   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Glutamate; Methylmercury; Organochlorine pesticides; Placenta; Polychlorobiphenyl (PCB); Transport

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ASPARTIC ACID; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IC 50; NEWBORN; POLLUTANT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

GLUTAMATE; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PLACENTA; POLYCHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB); TRANSPORT;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GLUTAMATE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MERCURY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84891655526     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: 18729711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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