Induction of apoptosis by mercury compounds depends on maturation and is not associated with microglial activation

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 361-367

  Monnet Tschudi, Florianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aggregating brain cell culture; Astrocyte; Neuron

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; FETUS; MERCURIALISM; MICROGLIA; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; APOPTOSIS; BIOTIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; DEOXYURACIL NUCLEOTIDES; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FETUS; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICROGLIA; NEURONS; RATS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0032146767     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19980801)53:3<361::AID-JNR10>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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