Migration of granule neurons in cerebellar organotypic cultures is impaired by methylmercury

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 226, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 183-186

  Kunimoto, Manabu ^a   Suzuki, Tsuguyoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

apoptosis; methylmercury; neuronal migration; organotypic culture; rat cerebellum

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; METHYLMERCURY;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL MIGRATION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULE CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL MOVEMENT; CEREBELLUM; DEOXYURACIL NUCLEOTIDES; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030909239     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00273-5     Document Type: Article

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