In vitro toxicity induced by methylmercury on sympathetic neurons is reverted by l-cysteine or glutathione

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 278-284

  de Melo Reis, Ricardo Augusto ^a   Herculano, Anderson Manoel ^b   da Silva, Maurício Castro Cabral ^a   dos Santos, Ronald Marques ^c   do Nascimento, José Luis Martins ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Glutathione; Methylmercury; Ngf; Sympathetic neurons

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; METHIONINE; METHYLMERCURY; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THIOL GROUP;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; CYSTINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; GLUTATHIONE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURITES; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34447250976     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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