Thiophene, a sulfur-containing heterocyclic hydrocarbon, causes widespread neuronal degeneration in rats

Neuropathology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 283-288

  Mori, Fumiaki ^a   Tanji, Kunikazu ^a   Wakabayashi, Koichi ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Methylmercury; Neurotoxicity; Rat; Thiophene

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; METHYLMERCURY; SULFUR; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NECROSIS; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS; LIVER; MERCURY POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; THIOPHENES;

EID: 0034491849     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1789.2000.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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