Three dimensional morphometric analyses of axon terminals early changes induced by methylmercury intoxication in the adult cat striate cortex

Brain Research

Volumn 1244, Issue , 2008, Pages 155-163

  de Oliveira, Ricardo Bezerra ^a   Gomes Leal, Wallace ^a   Picanço Diniz, Domingos Luis Wanderley ^a   Torres Neto, João Bento ^a   Lins, Nara ^a   Malm, Olaf ^b   Picanço Diniz, Cristovam W ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Axon terminal; Byocitin; Cat; Methylmercury; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; METHYLMERCURY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MERCURIALISM; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 56049111032     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.09.036     Document Type: Article

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