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Heavy metals in locus ceruleus and motor neurons in motor neuron disease

BACKGROUND: The causes of sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (SALS) and other types of motor neuron disease (MND) remain largely unknown. Heavy metals have long been implicated in MND, and it has recently been shown that inorganic mercury selectively enters human locus ceruleus (LC) and motor ne...

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Autores principales: Pamphlett, Roger, Kum Jew, Stephen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3878779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24330485
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2051-5960-1-81