Developmental neurotoxicity of methamidophos in the embryo-larval stages of zebrafish

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  He, Xiaowei ^a,b   Gao, Jiawei ^a,b   Dong, Tianyu ^a,b   Chen, Minjian ^a,b   Zhou, Kun ^a,b   Chang, Chunxin ^a,b   Luo, Jia ^a,b   Wang, Chao ^a,b   Wang, Shoulin ^a,b   Chen, Daozhen ^a   Zhou, Zuomin ^a   Tian, Ying ^c,d   Xia, Yankai ^a,b   Wang, Xinru ^a,b  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Nanjing Medical University   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Developmental neurotoxicity; Methamidophos; Toxicology; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; MESSENGER RNA; METHAMIDOPHOS; INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PHOSPHOROTHIOIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; EMBRYO; FISH; LARVA; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS PESTICIDE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BETA ACTIN GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; LARVAL STAGE; LOCOMOTION; MBP GENE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SYN2A GENE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LARVA; NONMAMMALIAN EMBRYO; TOXICITY AND INTOXICATION;

DANIO RERIO;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; ORGANOTHIOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; RNA, MESSENGER; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 85007494517     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14010023     Document Type: Article

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