Effects of mercury contaminated rice from typical chemical plant area in China on nitric oxide changes and c-fos expression of rats brain

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-180

  Cheng, Jin Ping ^a   Wang, Wen Hua ^a   Jia, Jin Ping ^a   Hu, Wei Xuan ^a   Shi, Wei ^b   Lin, Xue Yu ^c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

c fos; Chemical plant; Mercury contaminated rice; NO; NOS

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BRAIN; CHEMICAL PLANTS; CHEMICAL WASTES; CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARDS; MERCURY (METAL); MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION CONTROL; TOXICITY;

GUIZHOU, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA; MERCURY CONTAMINATED RICE; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; NEUROTOXICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS BRAIN;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

MERCURY; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PRIMER DNA; PROTEIN C FOS;

MERCURY (ELEMENT); NERVOUS SYSTEM; POLLUTION EFFECT; RICE; RODENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHINA; DNA PRIMERS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MERCURY; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ORYZA SATIVA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 23944499385     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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