Use of alternative assays to identify and prioritize organophosphorus flame retardants for potential developmental and neurotoxicity

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 181-193

  Behl, Mamta ^a   Hsieh, Jui Hua ^d   Shafer, Timothy J ^b   Mundy, William R ^b   Rice, Julie R ^a   Boyd, Windy A ^a   Freedman, Jonathan H ^c   Hunter, E Sidney ^b   Jarema, Kimberly A ^b   Padilla, Stephanie ^b   Tice, Raymond R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^d Kelly Government Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Developmental toxicity; Embryonic stem cells; Flame retardants; Neurotoxicity; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

2 ETHYLHEXYL DIPHENYL PHOSPHATE; FLAME RETARDANT; ISODECYL DIPHENYL PHOSPHATE; ISOPROPYLATED PHENYL PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORIC ACID TRIS(2 CHLOROETHYL) ESTER; TERT BUTYLATED PHENYL DIPHENYL PHOSPHATE; TRIMETHYL PHENYL PHOSPHATE; TRIPHENYL PHOSPHATE; TRIS(1,3 DICHLOROISOPROPYL)PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ZEBRA FISH; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL; NEURITE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HUMANS; MICE; NEURITES; NEURONS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; RATS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84951192820     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: 18729738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2015.09.003     Document Type: Article

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