Degeneration of peripheral nervous system in rats experimentally induced by methylmercury intoxication

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 663-669

  Cao, Bingzhen ^a   Lv, Wei ^a   Jin, Shan ^a   Tang, Jigang ^a   Wang, Shuicai ^a   Zhao, Heling ^a   Guo, Hongwei ^a   Su, Jing ^a   Cao, Xia ^a  

^a JINAN MILITARY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Intoxication; Methylmercury chloride; Pathology; Peripheral nerve; Type A neuron; Type B neuron

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYELIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL STRUCTURE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DORSAL ROOT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION; VENTRAL ROOT;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; AXONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GANGLIA, SPINAL; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MERCURY POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MYELIN P0 PROTEIN; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NERVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878017892     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-012-1100-3     Document Type: Article

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