Acute cytotoxic effects of mercuric compounds in cultured astrocytes prepared from cerebral hemisphere and cerebellum of newborn rats

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2308-2311

  Adachi, Tatsumi ^a,b,c   Kunimoto, Manabu ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

^c CHIBA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Inorganic mercury; Methylmercury; Morphological change; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

MERCURY DERIVATIVE; METHYLMERCURY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN REGION; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CEREBELLUM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; RAT; SERUM; TIME;

EID: 28744435204     PISSN: 09186158     EISSN: 13475215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/bpb.28.2308     Document Type: Article

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