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Publikováno v:
Biological Trace Element Research
Selenoneine is the major selenium compound in fish muscles, and fish appears to be an important source of selenium in the fish-eating population. Selenoneine has strong antioxidant activity and a detoxifying function against methylmercury (MeHg) toxi
Publikováno v:
Japanese Journal of Health and Human Ecology. 70:123-130
Little information is available concerning the sex differences in the effects of BMI on blood pressure. The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of BMI on blood pressure, focusing on the sex differences. Seven sets of cross-sectional d
Autor:
Tomoko Kodama, Takao Kitano, Junji Wakamiya, Kimiyoshi Arimura, Masanori Nakagawa, Makoto Futatsuka, Suminori Akiba, Mitsuhiro Osame
Publikováno v:
Internal Medicine. 41:14-19
Objective To establish a statistical diagnostic method to identify patients with Minamata disease (MD) considering factors of aging and sex, we analyzed the neurological findings in MD patients, inhabitants in a methylmercury polluted (MP) area, and
Autor:
Junji Wakamiya, Shigeki Moriguchi, Naoto Fukuyama, Hiroshi Nakanishi, Komyo Eto, Ken ichiro Miyamoto, Kimiyoshi Arimura, Koji Murao, Mitsuhiro Osame
Publikováno v:
Brain Research. 901:252-258
The developing cortical neurons have been well documented to be extremely vulnerable to the toxic effect of methylmercury (MeHg). In the present study, a possible involvement of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors in MeHg neurotoxicity was examined
Autor:
Masaaki Nakamura, Eiichiro Uyama, Makoto Uchino, Yukio Ando, Kimiyoshi Arimura, Junji Wakamiya, Hiroshi Satoh, Teruyuki Hirano, Makoto Futatsuka, Masanori Nakagawa, Shuji Mita
Publikováno v:
The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine. 195:181-189
To clarify the lesions responsible for sensory disturbance in Minamata disease (MD), we clinically investigated the characteristics of sensory disturbance. In all patients with the classical type MD, two-point discrimination was severely disturbed, b
Autor:
Takao Kitano, Tsukasa Inaoka, Yoshiharu Fukuda, Kayo Ushijima, Makoto Futatsuka, Megumi Nagano, Kenjiro Miyamoto, Masahiro Shono, Junji Wakamiya
Publikováno v:
Environmental Research. 83:83-92
It is important to follow up on the health status of inhabitants living in the methyl mercury-polluted area surrounding Minamata City, paying particular attention to diseases not only of the central nervous system but also of other organs. We have be
Publikováno v:
Journal of Epidemiology. 6:204-208
The aim of this study was to determine the actual prevalence of diabetes mellitus and to investigate the contribution of various risk factors to the diabetes mellitus among the population in a methyl mercury polluted area. The study was a population
Autor:
Junji Wakamiya, Kou Asayama, Satoshi Ootawa, Yoshihiro Deguchi, Kesateru Koga, Harumichi Senda
Publikováno v:
Orthopedics & Traumatology. 39:386-389
One of the problems in patients of imcomplete cervical cord injury is limb pain. We treated three cases with lumbar sympathetic ganglion block.The first case was a 61-year-old man with right leg dull pain. After the block, he became better. The secon
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Muhammad, Anwar, Tetsuo, Ando, Ahmad, Maaz, Sidra, Ghani, Muhammad, Munir, Ihtesham-ud-din, Qureshi, Samina, Naeem, Mayumi, Tsuji, Junji, Wakamiya, Atsuhiro, Nakano, Suminori, Akiba
Publikováno v:
Environmental sciences : an international journal of environmental physiology and toxicology. 14(4)
The presence of mercury in the environment is widespread and persistent, but the extent of exposure of Pakistanis to mercury is virtually unknown. We collected toenail and scalp hair samples from 158 subjects (83 males and 75 females) residing in Lah
Autor:
Hiromi, Tabata, Muhammad, Anwar, Sawako, Horai, Tetsuo, Ando, Atsuhiro, Nakano, Junji, Wakamiya, Chihaya, Koriyama, Masanori, Nakagawa, Katsushi, Yamada, Suminori, Akiba
Publikováno v:
Environmental sciences : an international journal of environmental physiology and toxicology. 13(3)
In order to evaluate the current arsenic exposure status and its determinants in Japan, we collected toenail samples from 212 subjects residing in a town with a population of 6,900 in Amami-Oshima Island in August 1999. We measured arsenic concentrat