Research Article

Exposure to Low Dose of Cinnabar (a Naturally Occurring Mercuric Sulfide (HgS)) Caused Neurotoxicological Effects in Offspring Mice

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Alteration of Na+/K+-ATPase activities in the brain tissues of offspring mice treated with cinnabar. Experimental mice were orally administrated with distilled water or cinnabar (10 mg/kg/day) as described in Figure 1. Na+/K+-ATPase activities of the cerebral cortex, cerebellar cortex and brainstem were determined as described in the section of Materials and Methods. All data are presented as mean ± S.E. ( 𝑛 = 12–15/group). * 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 as compared with F1-C-V group; & 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 as compared with F1- or F2-Cin-V group; # 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 as compared with F1-C-Cin group, respectively.
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