Program - Society of Toxicology

Society of Toxicology 2011
Program Description (Continued)
Abstract #
#1391 Poster Board Number.....................................237
PRENATAL EXPOSURE TO
METHYLMERCURY NEGATIVELY
AFFECTS BDNF CONCENTRATION IN
CORD BLOOD. ​S. Spulber 1 , T. Rantamäki 2 , O.
Nikkilä 2 , E. Castrén 2 , P. Weihe 3 , P. Grandjean 4,5
and S. Ceccatelli 1 . 1 Neuroscience, Karolinska
Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, 2 Neuroscience Center,
University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, 3 Faroese
Hospital System, Tørshavn, Faroe islands, 4 Institute
of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark,
Odense, Denmark and 5 Environmental Health,
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.
#1392 Poster Board Number.....................................238
A ROLE FOR CYTOCHROME P450 (CYP)
ENZYMES IN METHYLMERCURY (MEHG)
TOLERANCE. ​M. D. Rand and C. Mahapatra.
Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Vermont,
Burlington, VT.
#1393 Poster Board Number.....................................239
OXIDATIVE STRESS-MEDIATED ERK1/2,
P38 AND MITOCHONDRIAL-DEPENDENT
SIGNALING PATHWAYS INVOLVE IN
METHYLMERCURY INDUCES THE
NEURONAL CELL APOPTOSIS. ​C. Chen 1,2 ,
T. Lu 2 , C. Yen 3 , D. Hung 4,2 , T. Ho 5 , C. Su 6 , Y. Chen 7 ,
C. Huang 5 and W. Chen 1 . 1 Emergency Department,
China Medical University Hospital, Taichung,
Taiwan, 2 Graduate Institute of Drug Safety, China
Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, 3 Department
of Occupational Safety and Health, Chung Shan
Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, 4 Toxicology
Center, China Medical University Hospital,
Taichung, Taiwan, 5 School of Chinese Medicine,
China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan,
6
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck
Surgery, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua,
Taiwan and 7 Department of Physiology, China
Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
#1394 Poster Board Number.....................................240
COMPARATIVE EFFECTS OF
METHYLMERCURY AND 1-METHYL-
4-PHENYLPYRIDINIUM ON THE
DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM IN MN9D CELLS. ​
Y. Shao and H. Chan. Community Health Science
Program, University of Northern British Columbia,
Prince George, BC, Canada.
#1395 Poster Board Number.....................................241
CA 2+ CHANNEL α 1
SUBUNITS
DIFFERENTIALLY MODULATE
METHYLMERCURY (MEHG)-INDUCED
CA 2+ DYSREGULATION IN HEK-293 CELLS. ​
H. Hannon, E. M. Sparkenbaugh, K. Krcmarik and
W. D. Atchison. Pharmacology/Toxicology, Michigan
State University, East Lansing, MI.
#1396 Poster Board Number.....................................242
IDENTIFICATION AND
CHARACTERIZATION OF MOLECULAR
MODULATORS OF METHYLMERCURY-
INDUCED DOPAMINE NEURON
PATHOLOGY IN C. ELEGANS. ​N. VanDuyn, R.
Settivari, G. Sinclair and R. Nass. Pharmacology and
Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine,
Indianapolis, IN.
Abstract #
#1397 Poster Board Number.....................................243
ION CHANNEL GENE TRANSCRIPTION
IS AFFECTED DIFFERENTIALLY IN
RAT CEREBELLUM AFTER POSTNATAL
METHYLMERCURY EXPOSURE. ​A.
Colón-Rodriguez, R. K. Hajela, Y. Yuan and W. D.
Atchison. Pharmacology/Toxicology, Michigan State
University, East Lansing, MI.
#1398 Poster Board Number.....................................244
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS
OF IRREVERSIBLE INHIBITION
OF SELENOENZYMES BY HIGH
METHYLMERCURY EXPOSURES. ​N. V.
Ralston and L. J. Raymond. Energy & Environmental
Research Center, University of North Dakota, Grand
Forks, ND.
#1399 Poster Board Number.....................................245
SEPIAPTERIN REDUCTASE AS A TARGET
FOR METHYL MERCURY TOXICITY. ​S.
Yang 1 , J. R. Richardson 1 , K. Reuhl 2 , V. Mishin 2
and J. D. Laskin 1 . 1 Environmental & Occupational
Medicine, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical
School, Piscataway, NJ and 2 Pharmacology &
Toxicology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.
#1400 Poster Board Number.....................................246
LACK OF EFFECT OF ACUTE
METHYLMERCURY EXPOSURE ON
TYROSINE HYDROXYLASE ACTIVITY IN
NIGROSTRIATAL DOPAMINE NEURONS
IN MICE. ​C. Tiernan 1 , M. A. Bernard-Flores 3 ,
J. L. Goudreau 1,2 , K. J. Lookingland 1,2 and W. D.
Atchison 1,2 . 1 Neuroscience Program, Michigan State
University, East Lansing, MI, 2 Pharmacology &
Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing,
MI and 3 RISE Program, University of Puerto Rico-
Cayey, Cayey.
#1401 Poster Board Number.....................................247
CHRONIC METHYLMERCURY EXPOSURE
OF ADULT MICE DISRUPT HIPPOCAMPAL
GLUTAMATERGIC FUNCTIONS. ​F.
O. Johnson, S. M. Fox and W. D. Atchison.
Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State
University, East Lansing, MI.
#1402 Poster Board Number.....................................248
CHRONIC METHYLMERCURY EXPOSURE
DISRUPTS HIGH-RATE RESPONDING ON
TWO OPERANT TASKS. ​J. Johnson 2 and M. C.
Newland 1 . 1 Auburn University, Auburn University,
AL and 2 Duke University Medical Center, Durham,
NC.
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