Neuron loss in cerebellar cortex of rats exposed to mercury vapor: A stereological study

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-100

  Sørensen, Frans W ^a   Larsen, Jytte O ^a,b,c   Eide, Rune ^d   Schiønning, Jørgen Drasbæk ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Granule cells; Mercury vapor; Purkinje cells; Stereology

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULE CELL; MALE; MERCURIALISM; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; STEREOLOGY; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MALE; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVE DEGENERATION; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0034044341     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010051198     Document Type: Article

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