Morphological evidence of neurotoxicity in retina after methylmercury exposure

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 407-415

  Mela, Maritana ^a   Grötzner, Sonia Regina ^b   Legeay, Alexia ^c   Mesmer Dudons, Nathalie ^c   Massabuau, Jean Charles ^c   Ventura, Dora Fix ^a   de Oliveira Ribeiro, Ciro Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Autometallography; Histopathology; Hoplias malabaricus; Methylmercury; Neurotoxicology; Retina

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; METHYLMERCURY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FISH; HOPLIAS MALABARICUS; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA CONE; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; RETINA OUTER MOLECULAR LAYER; RETINA ROD; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-RETINAL BARRIER; BODY BURDEN; CHARACIFORMES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRESH WATER; MERCURY POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PERMEABILITY; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RETINA; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

HOPLIAS MALABARICUS;

EID: 84861201453     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: 18729711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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