Some Environment Pollution Determine Motor and you may Eating Practices regarding the Elaborate Wrasse (Thalassoma pavo) through Distinct Mind Histamine Receptor Subtypes
Some Environment Pollution Determine Motor and you may Eating Practices regarding the Elaborate Wrasse (Thalassoma pavo) through Distinct Mind Histamine Receptor Subtypes
Although cadmium accounted for reduced binding activity of all three subtypes in most brain regions, it was subtype 2 that seemed to be its main target, as shown by a very great (p < 0
Common environmental contaminants such as heavy metals and pesticides pose serious risks to behavioral and neuroendocrine functions of many aquatic organisms. In the present study, we show that the heavy metal cadmium and the pesticide endosulfan produce such effects through an interaction of specific cerebral histamine receptor subtypes in the teleost ornate wrasse (Thalassoma pavo). Treatment of this teleost with toxic cadmium levels for 1 week was sufficient to induce abnormal swimming movements, whereas reduced feeding behaviors were provoked predominantly by elevated endosulfan concentrations. In the brain, these environmental contaminants caused neuronal degeneration in cerebral targets such as the mesencephalon and hypothalamus, damage that appeared...