Marginally low copper causes lesions of the midbrain in animal models: The implications for man

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 481-486

  Joseph, J ^a   Alleyne, Trevor ^a   Adogwa, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; TETRATHIOMOLYBDATE AMMONIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; BRAIN TOXICITY; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; COPPER POISONING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTOXICATION; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RABBIT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; COPPER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MESENCEPHALON; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLYBDENUM; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; SHEEP; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; VACUOLES;

EID: 42349091099     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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