Neonatal methylmercury poisoning in the rat: effects on development of central catecholamine neurotransmitter systems

Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 1982 Aug;65(1):92-9. doi: 10.1016/0041-008x(82)90366-0.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Newborn / metabolism
  • Animals, Newborn / physiology*
  • Body Weight / drug effects
  • Brain / drug effects*
  • Brain / growth & development
  • Catecholamines / metabolism*
  • Dopamine / metabolism
  • Female
  • Methylmercury Compounds / poisoning*
  • Neurotransmitter Agents / metabolism*
  • Norepinephrine / metabolism
  • Pregnancy
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Synaptosomes / enzymology
  • Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase / metabolism

Substances

  • Catecholamines
  • Methylmercury Compounds
  • Neurotransmitter Agents
  • Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
  • Dopamine
  • Norepinephrine