Selective involvement of large motor neurons in the spinal cord of rats treated with methylmercury

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 12-17

  Su, Mu ^a   Wakabayashi, Koichi ^b   Kakita, Akiyoshi ^a   Ikuta, Fusahiro ^c   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^a  

^a Niigata University   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Niigata Neurosurgical Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Methylmercury; Motor neuron; Motor neuron disease; Rat; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; METHYLMERCURY;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMETALLOGRAPHY; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCICULATION; MERCURIALISM; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NISSL SUBSTANCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032539884     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00030-6     Document Type: Article

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