Behavioral Teratology of Methylmercury

Newland, M. Christopher Christopher

Abstract

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
• Type: Research Project (R01)
• Project #: 5R01ES006466-02
• Application #: 2155315
• Study Section: Toxicology Subcommittee 2 (TOX)
• Project Start: 1995-03-01
• Project End: 1998-02-28
• Budget Start: 1996-03-01
• Budget End: 1997-02-28
• Support Year: 2
• Fiscal Year: 1996

Institution

• Name: Auburn University at Auburn
• Department: Psychology
• Type: Schools of Arts and Sciences
• City: Auburn University
• State: AL
• Country: United States
• Zip Code: 36849

Publications

Newland, M Christopher; Reile, Phyllis A; Langston, Jeffrey L (2004) Gestational exposure to methylmercury retards choice in transition in aging rats. Neurotoxicol Teratol 26:179-94

Rasmussen, E B; Newland, M C (2001) Developmental exposure to methylmercury alters behavioral sensitivity to D-amphetamine and pentobarbital in adult rats. Neurotoxicol Teratol 23:45-55

Newland, M C; Rasmussen, E B (2000) Aging unmasks adverse effects of gestational exposure to methylmercury in rats. Neurotoxicol Teratol 22:819-28

Newland, M C; Reile, P A (1999) Blood and brain mercury levels after chronic gestational exposure to methylmercury in rats. Toxicol Sci 50:106-16

Newland, M C (1999) Animal models of manganese's neurotoxicity. Neurotoxicology 20:415-32

Newland, M C; Brown, K (1997) Behavioral characterization of caffeine and adenosine agonists during chronic caffeine exposure. Behav Pharmacol 8:17-30

Newland, M C (1997) Quantifying the molecular structure of behavior: separate effects of caffeine, cocaine, and adenosine agonists on interresponse times and lever-press durations. Behav Pharmacol 8:1-16

Newland, M C; Warfvinge, K; Berlin, M (1996) Behavioral consequences of in utero exposure to mercury vapor: alterations in lever-press durations and learning in squirrel monkeys. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 139:374-86