Developmental exposure to the polybrominated diphenyl ether PBDE 209: Neurobehavioural and neuroprotein analysis in adult male and female mice

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 570-585

  Buratovic, Sonja ^a   Viberg, Henrik ^a   Fredriksson, Anders ^a   Eriksson, Per ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Flame retardants; Learning and memory; Neonatal; PBDE 209; Spontaneous behaviour; Tau

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; FLAME RETARDANT; NEUROMODULIN; NICOTINE; PARAOXON; PBDE 209; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; PROTEIN CAMKII; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TAU PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DECABROMOBIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; MAPT PROTEIN, MOUSE; POLLUTANT; 2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6,6' DECABROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COGNITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HOME ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT; TOXICITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; NEWBORN PERIOD; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NICOTINE; PARAOXON; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 84908011888     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: 18727077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2014.08.010     Document Type: Article

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