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Vascular permeability and neurotoxicity.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 1978 |
| Abstract | Neurotoxic substances affect the nervous system in a selective manner. One possible basis for this selectivity is blood vessel permeability. In general, the central nervous system and the peripheral nerve trunks have impermeable blood vessels, but in certain parts the capillaries are "leaky," allowing the passage of a plasma filtrate. Intravenously injected protein tracers rapidly reach nerve cells in these regions, with the implication that these nerve cells are also readily accessible to circulating neurotoxic substances. Some examples of neurotoxicity in the central nervous system show a selectivity that could be due to capillary permeability. In experimental methylmercury poisoning, cranial nerve V and sensory dorsal root ganglia, which lie in regions of vascular permeability, are particularly susceptible. A number of drug and chemically induced neuropathies are predominantly sensory, and may be due, directly or indirectly, to the accessibility of neurotoxic substances to sensory neurons. Examination of areas of potential vulnerability to circulating toxic substances may be of value in the experimental testing of substances for neurotoxicity, where pharmacological tests may be negative and clinical symptoms difficult to assess. |
| Starting Page | 107 |
| Ending Page | 116 |
| Page Count | 10 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| PubMed reference number | 363411 |
| Volume Number | 26 |
| Journal | Environmental health perspectives |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Abducens Nerve Diseases Afferent neuron Blood Vessel Blood capillaries CNS disorder Capillary Permeability Cranial Nerves Ganglia Ganglia, Spinal Hematological Disease Methylmercury Compounds Nervous system structure Neurons Neurotoxicity Syndromes Peripheral Nerves Pharmacology Poisoning Poisons Posterior root of spinal nerve Tracer nervous system disorder substance |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |