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Adolescent Methylmercury Exposure: Behavioral Mechanisms and Protective Effects of Sodium Butyrate and Environmental Enrichment 

Boomhower, Steven (2018-04-02)
Whether exposure to methylmercury (MeHg), an environmental neurotoxicant, during adolescence alters the brain and behavior is only beginning to be explored. The continued maturation of mechanisms that control neuronal gene ...

Methylmercury Exposure in Adolescence: Effects on Delay Discounting and Sensitivity to d-Amphetamine in Mice 

Boomhower, Steven (2016-05-05)
Methylmercury (MeHg) is an environmental neurotoxicant that can be used to study how cortical damage during early development affects behavior later in life. The consequences of MeHg exposure in adolescence, a developmental ...