First record on mercury accumulation in mice brain living in active volcanic environments: a cytochemical approach
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Título: | First record on mercury accumulation in mice brain living in active volcanic environments: a cytochemical approach |
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Autor/es: | Navarro-Sempere, Alicia | Segovia, Yolanda | Rodrigues, Armindo S. | Garcia, Patrícia V. | Camarinho, Ricardo | García, Magdalena |
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: | Grupo de Inmunología, Biología Celular y del Desarrollo |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Biotecnología |
Palabras clave: | Autometallography | Environmental contaminants | Mus musculus | Heavy metals | Neurotoxicity |
Área/s de conocimiento: | Biología Celular |
Fecha de publicación: | ene-2021 |
Editor: | Springer Nature |
Cita bibliográfica: | Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 2021, 43: 171-183. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-020-00690-4 |
Resumen: | The health effects of mercury vapor exposure on the brain in volcanic areas have not been previously addressed in the literature. However, 10% of the worldwide population inhabits in the vicinity of an active volcano, which are natural sources of elemental mercury emission. To evaluate the presence of mercury compounds in the brain after chronic exposure to volcanogenic mercury vapor, a histochemical study, using autometallographic silver, was carried out to compare the brain of mice chronically exposed to an active volcanic environment (Furnas village, Azores, Portugal) with those not exposed (Rabo de Peixe village, Azores, Portugal). Results demonstrated several mercury deposits in blood vessels, white matter and some cells of the hippocampus in the brain of chronically exposed mice. Our results highlight that chronic exposure to an active volcanic environment results in brain mercury accumulation, raising an alert regarding potential human health risks. These findings support the hypothesis that mercury exposure can be a risk factor in causing neurodegenerative diseases in the inhabitants of volcanically active areas. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/112548 |
ISSN: | 0269-4042 (Print) | 1573-2983 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10653-020-00690-4 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos: | © Springer Nature B.V. 2020 |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-020-00690-4 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | INV - Grupo de Inmunología - Artículos de Revistas |
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