Mercury vapor uptake into the nervous system of developing mice

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 191-196

  Pamphlett, Roger ^a   Kum Jew, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fetus; Mercury vapor; Motor neurons; Mouse; Neonate

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMETALLOGRAPHY; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY GANGLION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; MALE; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; SILVER NITRATE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0035002313     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(00)00122-7     Document Type: Article

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