Mercury Poisoning, Nervous System

Known as: Mercury Poisoning, Nervous System [Disease/Finding], Syndrome, Mercury Neurotoxicity, Neurotoxicity Syndrome, Mercury 
Neurologic disorders associated with exposure to inorganic and organic forms of MERCURY. Acute intoxication may be associated with gastrointestinal… (More)
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2011
Review
2011
Role of mercury toxicity in hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and stroke.
Mercury has a high affinity for sulfhydryl groups, inactivating numerous enzymatic reactions, amino acids, and sulfur-containing… (More)
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2007
Review
2007
The role of mercury and cadmium heavy metals in vascular disease, hypertension, coronary heart disease, and myocardial infarction.
Mercury, cadmium, and other heavy metals have a high affinity for sulfhydryl (-SH) groups, inactivating numerous enzymatic… (More)
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2007
Highly Cited
2007
Biological Mercury Hotspots in the Northeastern United States and Southeastern Canada
Biological mercury (Hg) hotspots were identified in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada using a data set of… (More)
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2005
Review
2005
Vascular wall shear stress: basic principles and methods.
T he investigation of various mechanical forces and the tissue deformations they induce have been extensively studied for over… (More)
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2005
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2005
Mercury exposure: evaluation and intervention the inappropriate use of chelating agents in the diagnosis and treatment of putative mercury poisoning.
Public awareness of the potential for mercury to cause health problems has increased dramatically in the last 15 years. It is now… (More)
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2005
Highly Cited
2005
Thimerosal neurotoxicity is associated with glutathione depletion: protection with glutathione precursors.
Thimerosol is an antiseptic containing 49.5% ethyl mercury that has been used for years as a preservative in many infant vaccines… (More)
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2002
Highly Cited
2002
Mercury, fish oils, and the risk of myocardial infarction.
BACKGROUND It has been suggested that mercury, a highly reactive heavy metal with no known physiologic activity, increases the… (More)
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Review
1999
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1999
Transposon Tn21, flagship of the floating genome.
The transposon Tn21 and a group of closely related transposons (the Tn21 family) are involved in the global dissemination of… (More)
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1997
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1997
Distribution, diversity and evolution of the bacterial mercury resistance (mer) operon.
Mercury and its compounds are distributed widely across the earth. Many of the chemical forms of mercury are toxic to all living… (More)
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1997
Highly Cited
1997
Alterations in the distribution of glutathione in the substantia nigra in Parkinson's disease
Depletion of reduced glutathione occurs in the substantia nigra in Parkinson's disease and in incidental Lewy body disease… (More)
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