Methylmercury antagonizes the survival-promoting activity of insulin- like growth factor on developing cerebellar granule neurons

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 161-168

  Bulleit, Robert F ^a   Cui, Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; c Jun; GF I; Mouse; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULE CELL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0032442625     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1998.8561     Document Type: Article

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