Monosodium Glutamate-Induced Brain Lesions: Electron Microscopic Examination
- 30 October 1970
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 170 (3957) , 549-550
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.170.3957.549
Abstract
Albino mice injected with monosodium glutamate developed brain lesions in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus. Lesions involved primarily microglial cells with no effect to the perikarya of neurons. Distal neuronal processes were only slightly affected.Keywords
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