Prenatal Mercuric Chloride Exposure Causes Developmental Deficits in Rat Cortex

Introduction: Environmental pollution with heavy metals such as mercury is a major health problem. Growing studies on the field have shown the deleterious effects of mercury on human and nonhuman nervous system, especially in infants, however the effects of prenatal exposure to mercuricchloride on c...

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Main Authors: Tayebeh Rastegar, Kazem Parivar, Maliheh Nobakht, Ali Shahbazi, Siamak Alizadeh Zendehrood, Mehdi Mehdizadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iran University of Medical Sciences 2011-09-01
Series:Basic and Clinical Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://bcn.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2-17&slc_lang=en&sid=1