Differential morphological changes in sympathetic nerve fibers elicited by lead, cadmium, and mercury.
Differential morphological changes in sympathetic nerve fibers elicited by lead, cadmium, and mercury.
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铅、镉和汞引起的交感神经纤维的不同形态变化。
DOI:
10.1016/0013-9351(81)90184-5
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发表时间:
1981
影响因子:
8.3
通讯作者:
Seiger,A
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作者:
Björklund,H;Hoffer,B;Olson,L;Seiger,A
Effects of intraocular injection of lead acetate, cadmium chloride, or mercury chloride on the sympathetic adrenergic ground plexus of the iris were studied using monoamine fluorescence histochemistry. Injection of 5 μl of a 1.4 mmlead solution into the anterior eye chamber caused a significant hyperinnervation as compared to sodium acetate-injected control irides. This hyperinnervation persisted 2 weeks after injection. Increasing the dose to 42 mmdid not increase the extent of the hyperinnervation. Cadmium chloride solutions (1.4 and 7 mm) did not affect the adrenergic nerve fiber density as compared to sodium chloride-injected controls. Injection of mercury chloride caused a marked and dose-dependent degeneration of adrenergic nerves. Two weeks after injection of a 3.5 mmmercury chloride solution, the nerves had regenerated almost completely. Our results demonstrate that intraocular injections of neurotoxic heavy metals, and subsequent analysis with Falck-Hillarp fluorescence microscopy, is a rapid and sensitive method to evaluate adrenergic neurotoxicity.