Neurobiological disruptions induced in brains of the rats fed with mercury contaminated rice collected from experimental fields in Guizhou Province, China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 2441-2447

  Cheng, Jinping ^a   Yuan, Tao ^a   Yang, Liu ^a   Hu, Weixuan ^a   Zheng, Min ^a   Wang, Wenhua ^a   Liu, Xiaojie ^b   Qu, Liya ^c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Gene expression; Guizhou Province; Mercury polluted rice; Neural transmitters; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749847441     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/982005-229     Document Type: Article

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