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Does Selenium Offset Methylmercury Toxicity Across Trophic Levels in Chlorella Pyrenoidosa and Aeolosoma Variegatum?

Methylmercury is a potent neurotoxin that impairs functioning of the nervous system, and selenium is known to provide a protective effect against methylmercury.
Husnah Azmi (18157306)
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Oxidative stress in cerebellar granule neurons exposed to methylmercury and manganese

, 2008
s of the 45th Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology.-- El pdf es la versión post-print.Oxidative stress has been pointed as an important phenomenon related to metal-induced neurotoxicity.
Farina, Marcelo, Vendrell, Iolanda, Pannia, Breno, Suñol, Cristina, Bonne, Raul, Campos, Francisco   +5 more
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Long-Term Environmental Methylmercury Exposure Is Associated with Peripheral Neuropathy and Cognitive Impairment among an Amazon Indigenous Population

Toxics
Widespread contamination of the Amazon basin with mercury has been reported to occur since at least the mid-80s due to heavy gold mining activity. Although initial studies have indicated that this may lead to deleterious neurological consequences to the ...
Bruno H. Rebouças, Gabriel T. Kubota, Rogério A. A. Oliveira, Bruna D. Pinto, Roberta M. Cardoso, Ana C. S. Vasconcellos, Paulo C. Basta   +6 more
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Converting flooded rice to dry farming can alleviate MeHg accumulation in grains

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
The study explored the impact of water management on rice cultivation in mercury-contaminated paddy soil. The objective was to analyze the characteristics of mercury translocation by converting flooded soils to dry farming (non-flooded) to alleviate ...
Huang Liang, Shan Wang, Ping Xu, Minyan Wang, Peng Liang, Shengchun Wu, Jin Zhang, Ming Hung Wong   +7 more
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Effects of methylmercury on the spontaneous and potassium-evoked release of endogenous amino acids from mouse cerebellar slices

, 1987
The effects of methylmercury on the spontaneous and potassium-evoked release of endogenous amino acids from mouse cerebellar slices have been examined.
J. N. Reynolds, W. J. Racz
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Reactions of Essential Sulfhydryl Residues of Dehydrogenases with Nicotinamide-(S-Methylmercury-Thioinosine) Dinucleotide

, 2014
Sulfhydryl Groups, Methylmercury Containing Inactivator, Coenzyme Analogue Nicotinamide-(S-methylmercury-thioinosine) dinucleotide was formed by reaction of nicotin­ amide-(6-thiopurine) dinucleotide with methylmercury chloride.
Woenckhaus, Christoph, Duchmann, Helmut
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SI-traceable Measurement of Methylmercury in Tuna by Species-specific Isotope Dilution with a 202Hg Isotopically Enriched Methylmercury Reference Material

, 2006
- IRMM’s interest in tuna and in methylmercury - Comparability of measurements through SI-traceability - Species-specific isotope dilution measurement for Hg speciation - A 202Hg enriched methylmercury isotope certified reference material - Use of the ...
SNELL James, QUETEL Christophe
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Prenatal low-level methylmercury exposure and development of brain in newborn

, 2011
Ciljevi istraživanja: Izrada percentilnih krivulja koncentracija metil-žive u organizmu majke i novorođenčeta s obzirom na učestalost konzumacije ribe tijekom trudnoće.
Bilić Čače, Iva
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Methylmercury exposure and developmental neurotoxicity

, 2014
Comment on: Global methylmercury exposure from seafood consumption and risk of developmental neurotoxicity: a systematic review.
Thurston, S.W., Myers, G.J., van Wijngaarden, E., Watson, G.E., Bovet, P., Davidson, P.W., Strain, J.J., Shamlaye, C.F., Pascal Bovet, Watson GE, Myers, Gary J, van Wijngaarden, Edwin, Myers GJ, Edwin van Wijngaarden, Conrad F Shamlaye, Davidson, Philip W, van Wijngaarden E, JJ Strain, Strain JJ, Bovet, Pascal, Gary J Myers, Davidson PW, Thurston SW, Shamlaye CF, Sally W Thurston, Strain, JJ, Thurston, Sally W, Shamlaye, Conrad F, Philip W Davidson, Watson, Gene E, Gene E Watson, Bovet P   +31 more
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Transport and Toxicity of Methylmercury in a Placental Cell Line

, 2020
This poster demonstrates a study conducted to evaluate the toxicity of methylmercury on placental syncytiotrophoblasts and characterize the mechanisms by which methylmercury is taken up into these ...
Vidya Ganapathy, Lucy Joshee, Olga Uchakina, Simran Vaghela   +3 more
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