Induction by mercury compounds of brain metallothionein in rats: Hg0 exposure enduces long-lived brain metallothionein

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 187-191

  Yasutake, Akira ^a   Nakano, Atsuhiro ^a   Hirayama, Kimiko ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Mercury vapor; Metallothionein; Methylmercury; Rat

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; MERCURY DERIVATIVE; METALLOTHIONEIN; METHYLMERCURY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HALF LIFE TIME; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT; VAPOR;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031969054     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002040050486     Document Type: Article

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