Differential toxicities of intraneurally injected mercuric chloride for sympathetic and somatic motor fibers: An ultrastructural study differential toxicities of intraneurally injected

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 93-99

  Cheng, Shih Jung ^a,b,c   Lee, Jang Jaer ^a,b,c   Chang, Hao Hueng ^a,b   Chen, Hsin Ming ^a,b   Chiang, Meng Ling ^d   Kuo, Mark Yen Ping ^a,b,c   Tseng, Chi Yu ^e,f   Kok, Sang Heng ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Dentistry ^*  (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^e BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hamster; Mercuric chloride; Neurotoxicity; Somatic motor nerves; Sympathetic nerves

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; SULFIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; FEMALE; HAMSTER; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; SOMATIC CELL; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

EID: 79955609364     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09296646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(11)60015-6     Document Type: Article

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