Methylmercury impairs components of the cholinergic system in captive mink (Mustela vison)

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 202-209

  Basu, Niladri ^a,b,e   Scheuhammer, Anton M ^e   Rouvinen Watt, Kirsti ^c   Grochowina, Nicole ^d   Klenavic, Kate ^d   Evans, R Douglas ^d   Chan, Hing Man ^a,b,f  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain; Cholinesterase; Methylmercury; Mink; Muscarinic receptor; Neurotoxicology; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLMERCURY; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; QUINUCLIDINYL BENZILATE; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CALCULATION; CEREBELLUM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CHOLINESTERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LABORATORY; MINK; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PLASMA; SERUM; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MINK; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 33645825407     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfj121     Document Type: Article

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