Prenatal Mercuric Chloride Exposure Causes Developmental Deficits in Rat Cortex

Rastegar, Tayebeh; Parivar, Kazem; Nobakht, Maliheh; Shahbazi, Ali; Alizadeh Zendehrood, Siamak; Mehdizadeh, Mehdi

دوره 2، شماره 2 - ( Winter 2011 -- 1390 ) جلد 2 شماره 2 صفحات 30-26 | برگشت به فهرست نسخه ها

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Rastegar T, Parivar K, Nobakht M, Shahbazi A, Alizadeh Zendehrood S, Mehdizadeh M. Prenatal Mercuric Chloride Exposure Causes Developmental Deficits in Rat Cortex. BCN 2011; 2 (2) :26-30
URL: http://bcn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-87-fa.html

Prenatal Mercuric Chloride Exposure Causes Developmental Deficits in Rat Cortex. مجله علوم اعصاب پایه و بالینی. 1390; 2 (2) :26-30

URL: http://bcn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-87-fa.html

Prenatal Mercuric Chloride Exposure Causes Developmental Deficits in Rat Cortex

چکیده:

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 cortical development are not yet well understood. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of prenatal exposure to mercuric chloride on morphological characteristics of brain cortex.

Methods:

Mercuric chloride (2 mg/kg) or normal saline were injected (I.P.) to 36 Sprague – dawley rats in the 8th, 9th or 10th day of gestation. The embryos were surgically removed in the 15th day of gestation, and brain cortices were studied by histological techniques. Results:
Histological studies showed that embryos of mercuric chloride treated rats hadcortical neuronal disarrangement withdifferent orientations of nuclei, increased diameter of cortex, increased mitosis of cells, increased cell death, decreased cellular density and increased intracellular space. Conclusion:
These findings suggest some micro structural abnormalities in cortical regions after prenatal exposure to mercuric chloride. These structural abnormalities may underliesome neurologic disturbances following mercury intoxication.

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دریافت: 1390/6/25 | انتشار: 1390/6/24

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