Does selenium deficiency unmask mercury toxicity in motor neurons?

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 241-244

  Pamphlett, Roger ^a   Eide, Rune ^b   Danscher, Gorm ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Mercury; Motor neuron disease; Neurotoxicity; Selenium

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMETALLOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MERCURIALISM; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; WEANING;

EID: 14144249251     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2004.11.004     Document Type: Article

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