Are mercury and Alzheimer's disease linked?

Paolo D Pigatto; Antonella Costa; Gianpaolo Guzzi

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.09.036

Are mercury and Alzheimer's disease linked?

Sci Total Environ. 2018 Feb 1:613-614:1579-1580. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.09.036. Epub 2017 Sep 8.

Authors

Paolo D Pigatto¹, Antonella Costa², Gianpaolo Guzzi³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, Dermatologic Clinic, IRCCS Galeazzi Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
² Department of Neuroradiology, IRCCS Ca' Granda Foundation, Maggiore Hospital Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
³ Italian Association for Metals and Biocompatibility Research - A.I.R.M.E.B., Milan, Italy. Electronic address: gianpaolo_guzzi@fastwebnet.it.

PMID: 28889904
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.09.036

No abstract available

Keywords: Agnosia; Amnesia; Aphasia; Apraxia; Brain toxicity; Deficits cognitive function; Dementia; Environmental exposure; Environmental neurotoxicant; Human; Mercury emission; Mercury exposure; Neurotoxicity; Neurotoxicity microtubule-associated; Progressive degenerative brain disease.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Alzheimer Disease*
Humans
Mercury*
Neuropsychological Tests

Substances

Mercury