A hypothesis about how early developmental methylmercury exposure disrupts behavior in adulthood

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 41-51

  Newland, M Christopher ^a   Reed, Miranda N ^b   Rasmussen, Erin ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Choice; Development; Discrimination reversal; Dopamine; Executive functions; Methylmercury; Perseveration

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; METHYLMERCURY; NEUROTRANSMITTER; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGING; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METHYLMERCURY; MODEL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULTHOOD; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTELLECT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSEVERATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PUBLIC HEALTH; REINFORCEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; FEMALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84933502195     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2015.03.007     Document Type: Article

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