Experimental neurotoxicity of mercury autometallographic and stereologic studies on rat dorsal root ganglion and spinal cord

APMIS, Supplement

Volumn 108, Issue 99, 2000, Pages 5-32

  Schiønning, Jørgen Drasbæk ^a  

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INORGANIC COMPOUND; MERCURY; METAL ION; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMETALLOGRAPHY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DRUG UPTAKE; LYSOSOME; MERCURIALISM; METHODOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SPINAL GANGLION; STEREOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICOKINETICS; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; LYSOSOMES; MERCURY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; RATS; SELENIUM; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0034127755     PISSN: 0903465X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2000.tb05696.x     Document Type: Article

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