Sex-dependent and non-monotonic enhancement and unmasking of methylmercury neurotoxicity by prenatal stress

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 123-140

  Weston, Hiromi I ^a   Sobolewski, Marissa E ^a   Allen, Joshua L ^a   Weston, Doug ^a   Conrad, Katherine ^a   Pelkowski, Sean ^a   Watson, Gene E ^a   Zareba, Grazyna ^a   Cory Slechta, Deborah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Corticosterone; Indoleamines; Methylmercury; Novel object recognition; Prenatal stress fixed interval schedule

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MONOAMINE; CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOSTERONE; DRINKING WATER; INDOLEAMINE; METHYLMERCURY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LITTER SIZE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NOVEL OBJECT RECOGNITION TEST; OLFACTORY BULB; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

CATECHOLAMINES; CORTICOSTERONE; INDOLEAMINES; METHYLMERCURY; NOVEL OBJECT RECOGNITION; PRENATAL STRESS FIXED INTERVAL SCHEDULE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84895094866     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: 18729711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2014.01.009     Document Type: Article

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