Assessment of mercury concentrations in mouse brain using different routes of administration and different tissue preparations

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 165-173

  Bellum, Sairam ^a   Thuett, Kerry A ^a   Taylor, Robert J ^a   Abbott, Louise C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; C57BL 6J Mice; Cerebellum; Fixation; Forebrain; Methylmercury; Mouse; Neurotoxicology; Rodent

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE; PARAFORMALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOREBRAIN; FREEZING; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 34047157043     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15376510601091368     Document Type: Article

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