Regional distribution of metallothionein, zinc, and copper in the brain of different strains of rats

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-159

  Ono, Shin Ichi ^a   Cherian, George M ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Copper; Metallothionein; Olfactory bulb; Rat brain; Zinc; Zinc toxicity

Indexed keywords

COPPER; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PONS; RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THALAMUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032817290     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02783866     Document Type: Article

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