Methylmercury-induced changes in gene transcription associated with neuroendocrine disruption in largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 203, Issue , 2014, Pages 215-224

  Richter, Catherine A ^a   Martyniuk, Christopher J ^b   Annis, Mandy L ^a   Brumbaugh, William G ^a   Chasar, Lia C ^c   Denslow, Nancy D ^b   Tillitt, Donald E ^a  

^a Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish; Movement disorders; Neuroendocrine disruption; Neurotoxicity; Sub network enrichment analysis; Transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HABITAT; HYPOTHALAMUS; LARGEMOUTH BASS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIVER; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ANIMAL; BASS; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; NEUROSECRETION; REPRODUCTION; TOXICITY; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BASS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; REPRODUCTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84906794806     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.03.029     Document Type: Review

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