Mercury distribution in neonatal rat brain after intrauterine methylmercury exposure

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-11

  Hu, Guiqin ^a,b   Jin, Minghua ^a   Lin, Xinli ^a   Guo, Caixia ^a   Zhang, Long ^a   Sun, Zhiwei ^a,c  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Changchun The Bureau of Public Health Institute of Health Inspection   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Cerebrum; Hippocampus; MeHg; Total Hg concentration; Total Hg content

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 72149101871     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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