title: Morphological effects of heavy metals in the brain.
abstract: A semiquantitative ultrastructural analysis of the cerebral cortex from heavy metal treated rats shows that current glial cell criterions are more sensitive than vascular or neuronal parameters.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000187:drug effects; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008670:Metals / Q000633:toxicity*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000187:drug effects; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D008670:Metals