Changes in biochemical processes in cerebellar granule cells of mice exposed to methylmercury

International Journal of Toxicology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 261-269

  Bellum, Sairam ^a   Bawa, Bhupinder ^b   Thuett, Kerry A ^b   Stoica, Gheorghe ^b   Abbott, Louise C ^b  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C57BL 6J Mice; Cerebellar Granule Cells; Methylmercury; Mitochondrial Membrane Potential; Neurotoxicant; Reactive Oxygen Species

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; CALCIUM; CASPASE 3; CYTOCHROME C; DYE; METHYLMERCURY; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; OXALIC ACID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL DEATH; CELL ISOLATION; CEREBELLUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM; CASPASE 3; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBELLUM; CYTOCHROMES C; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEURONS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 34250343300     PISSN: 10915818     EISSN: 1092874X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10915810701369758     Document Type: Article

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