Methylmercury inhibits the in vitro uptake of the glutathione precursor, cystine, in astrocytes, but not in neurons
- 5 March 2001
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Brain Research
- Vol. 894 (1) , 131-140
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0006-8993(01)01988-6
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