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Retrograde axonal transport of mercury
1Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
Experimental Neurology
|October 1, 1987
Abstract:
Female Wistar rats were injected in the tongue with a small volume of 203Hg and were killed 2 weeks later. The lower brain stem with the hypoglossal nuclei was removed and sectioned in a cryostat. Autoradiography of freeze-dried sections showed labeling of both hypoglossal nuclei. The results are regarded as strong evidence of retrograde axonal transport of mercury in the hypoglossal nerve.