Alterations of metallothionein isomers in Hg0-exposed rat brain

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-16

  Yasutake, A ^a   Nagano, M ^b   Hirayama, K ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

^b Morikawa Kenkodo Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Gel chromatography; Mercury vapor; Metallothionein; Rat

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN I; METALLOTHIONEIN II; METALLOTHIONEIN III; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN LEVEL; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEAVY METAL POISONING; ISOMER; MALE; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TIME; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ISOMERISM; MALE; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; METALLOTHIONEIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037222371     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-002-0410-2     Document Type: Article

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