Neurotransmitter level changes in domestic ducks (Shaoxing duck) growing up in typical mercury contaminated area in China

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 256-258

  Ji, Xiu Ling ^a   Yang, Liu ^a   Shen, Zhe Min ^a   Cheng, Jin Ping ^a   Jin, Gui Wen ^a   Qu, Li Ya ^b   Wang, Wen Hua ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guizhou Research Institute of Environmental Protection Science   (China)

Author keywords

Long term exposure; Mercury; Neurotransmitter; Wanshan area

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BRAIN; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; MERCURY (METAL); NITROGEN OXIDES; SELENIUM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; DOMESTIC DUCKS; HEALTH EFFECTS; LONG-TERM EXPOSURE; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER LEVEL;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MERCURY; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SELENIUM;

MERCURY (ELEMENT); NEUROLOGY; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DUCK; METABOLISM; MINING; POLLUTANT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CHINA; DUCKS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MERCURY; MINING; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SELENIUM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 23944483765     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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