Identification of chemicals that mimic transcriptional changes associated with autism, brain aging and neurodegeneration

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Pearson, Brandon L ^a   Simon, Jeremy M ^a   McCoy, Eric S ^a   Salazar, Gabriela ^a   Fragola, Giulia ^a   Zylka, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMOXADONE; FENAMIDONE; FREE RADICAL; FUNGICIDE; PYRACLOSTROBIN; ROTENONE; SULFORAPHANE; TRIFLOXYSTROBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIOXIDANT; PESTICIDE;

ANTIOXIDANT; BRAIN; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; HEALTH RISK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; PESTICIDE; RADICAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MICROTUBULE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; ANIMAL; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MOUSE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MICROTUBULES; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROTENONE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84962909861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11173     Document Type: Article

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