Disruption of postnatal progenitor migration and consequent abnormal pattern of glial distribution in the cerebrum following administration of methylmercury

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 835-847

  Kakita, Akiyoshi ^a   Inenaga, Chikanori ^c   Sakamoto, Mineshi ^b   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Fetal type Minamata disease; Glial progenitor; Migration abnormality; Oligodendrocyte; Subventricular zone

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; METHYLMERCURY; PROTEIN S100B; RETROVIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; FOREBRAIN; GLIA CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MINAMATA DISEASE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STEM CELL; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0041333013     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnen/62.8.835     Document Type: Article

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