Molecular and neurochemical biomarkers in arctic beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) were correlated to brain mercury and selenium concentrations.

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 11551-11559

  Ostertag, Sonja K ^a   Shaw, Alyssa C ^b   Basu, Niladri ^c   Chan, Hing Man ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CELL SIGNALING; MERCURY (METAL); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELENIUM;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPONENTS; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS; MERCURY AND SELENIUM; MOLECULAR BIOMARKER; N METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR; NEUROCHEMICAL BIOMARKERS; RADIOLIGAND BINDING;

BRAIN;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MERCURY; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; SELENIUM; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMARKER; BRAIN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GENE EXPRESSION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGY; SELENIUM; TOXICITY; WHALE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BELUGA WHALE; BINDING ASSAY; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBELLUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; DEMETHYLATION; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TOXICITY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ARCTIC;

DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BELUGA WHALE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GABAERGIC NEURONS; GLUTAMATES; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MERCURY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RNA, MESSENGER; SELENIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84907919350     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es501369b     Document Type: Article

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