Elevations of intracellular Ca2+ as a probable contributor to decreased viability in cerebellar granule cells following acute exposure to methylmercury

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 98-105

  Sue Marty, M ^a   Atchison, William D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; METHYLMERCURY; 1,2-BIS(2-AMINOPHENOXY)ETHANE-N,N,N',N'-TETRAACETIC ACID; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHELATING AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EGTAZIC ACID; ETHYLENEDIAMINE DERIVATIVE; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; N,N,N',N' TETRAKIS(2 PYRIDYLMETHYL)ETHYLENEDIAMINE; N,N,N',N'-TETRAKIS(2-PYRIDYLMETHYL)ETHYLENEDIAMINE; OMEGA CONOTOXIN; OMEGA CONOTOXIN MVIIC; OMEGA-CONOTOXIN-MVIIC; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD POISONING; GRANULE CELL; MERCURIALISM; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEA FOOD; ANIMAL; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBELLUM; DRUG EFFECT; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBELLUM; CHELATING AGENTS; EGTAZIC ACID; ETHYLENEDIAMINES; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; OMEGA-CONOTOXINS; PEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0031595962     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1998.8383     Document Type: Article

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