Methylmercury toxicity in dissociated rat brain neurons: Modification by L-cysteine and trimethylbenzylmercaptan and comparison with dimethylmercury and N-ethylmaleimide

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 221-227

  Oyama, Yasuo ^a   Nakata, Mami ^a   Sakamoto, Mineshi ^b   Chikahisa, Lumi ^a   Miyoshi, Norikazu ^a   Satoh, Masaya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebellar neurons; L Cysteine; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; FLUORESCENT DYE; IONOMYCIN; METHYLMERCURY; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL VIABILITY; CEREBELLUM; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032428956     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1382-6689(98)00038-6     Document Type: Article

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