Accumulation of mercury in neurosecretory neurons of mice after long- term exposure to oral mercuric chloride

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 271, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 93-96

  Villegas, Juan ^a   Martinez, Rocio ^a   Andres, Auxiliadora ^a   Crespo, Damaso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autometallography; Mercury; Mice; Neurohypophysis; Neurosecretory neurons; Retrograde transport

Indexed keywords

MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMETALLOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYPOTHALAMUS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NEUROSECRETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033588016     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00529-7     Document Type: Article

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