Cerebellar abnormalities typical of methylmercury poisoning in a fledged saltmarsh sparrow, Ammodramus caudacutus

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 616-620

  Scoville, Sheila A ^a   Lane, Oksana P ^b  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Methylmercury; Neurotoxicity; Saltmarsh sparrow

Indexed keywords

CEREBELLUM; MERCURY LEVELS; METHYL MERCURY; NEURONAL MIGRATION; NEUROTOXICITY; SALT MARSHES;

MAMMALS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; MERCURIALISM; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; SPARROW; UNITED STATES;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; MERCURY POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NEW YORK; SPARROWS;

AMMODRAMUS CAUDACUTUS; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84876290097     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-013-0974-y     Document Type: Article

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