The experimental toxicology of metallic mercury on the murine peripheral motor system: A novel method of assessing axon calibre spectra using the phrenic nerve

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 114-125

  Stankovic, Roger K ^a   Shingde, Meena ^b   Cullen, Karen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axonal atrophy; Axonal degeneration; Metallic mercury; Motor neuron disease; Neurofilaments; Phrenic nerve

Indexed keywords

GLUTARALDEHYDE; MERCURY; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE; SILVER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYPERTROPHY; MEASUREMENT; MERCURIALISM; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR SYSTEM; MOUSE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SPECTRUM; STAINING;

ANIMALS; AXONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MERCURY; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; PHRENIC NERVE;

EID: 24044530714     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2005.03.009     Document Type: Article

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