Neuroimmunological effects of exposure to methylmercury forms in the Sprague-Dawley rats. Activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and lymphocyte responsiveness

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-66

  Ortega, Hector G ^a   Lopez, Manuel ^a   Takaki, Atsushi ^a   Huang, Qin Heng ^a   Arimura, Akira ^a   Salvaggio, John E ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; hypothalamus pituitary adrenal axis; IL 6; lymphocyte proliferation; MeHg

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE; METHYLMERCURIC SULFIDE; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0030944090     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074823379701300105     Document Type: Article

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