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Uptake of inorganic mercury by human locus ceruleus and corticomotor neurons: implications for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

BACKGROUND: Environmental toxins are suspected to play a role in the pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). In an attempt to determine which pathways these toxins can use to enter motor neurons we compared the distribution of mercury in the CNS of a human and of mice that had been expo...

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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/PMC3893560/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24252585
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2051-5960-1-13

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