Different vulnerability of rat retinal cells to methylmercury exposure

Current Eye Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 171-178

  Goto, Yoshinobu ^a   Shigematsu, Junya ^a   Tobimatsu, Shozo ^a   Sakamoto, Taiji ^a   Kinukawa, Naoko ^a   Kato, Motohiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amacrine cell; Electroretinogram; Methylmercury chloride; Photoreceptor; Selective toxicity

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; LIGHT ADAPTATION; MALE; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; DARK ADAPTATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; INTERNEURONS; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA;

EID: 0036264135     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.23.3.171.5469     Document Type: Article

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