PPT-Methylmercury and the developing brain

Louise C Abbott PhD DVM Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences November 26 2013 Collaborators Kerry A Thuett MS PhD Eid Moussa BV Sc PhD Said Hassan BV Sc PhD Brian Perkins PhD. Presented by: Mary Ann Marchel, Ph D.. University of Minnesota Duluth Unified Early Childhood Studies . Agenda: Monday AM. 9:00-9:30 . Introductions and Icebreaker. 9:30-10-:30 Early Relationships: The Key Ingredient of Brain Development. Margarita Bracamonte, Ph.D. Northland Community & Technical College, East Grand Forks, MN. I have edited Dr. . Bracamonte’s. presentation to better fit our Cameron Human Anatomy course.. Tribal Challenges and Responses. Chemistry of Mercury and Adverse Health Effects – Scott Weir, KTIK. Sources and the Global Pool of Atmospheric Mercury - . Scott Weir, KTIK. Mercury Deposition – . Brain Stem. Oldest and smallest region. Controls life itself. Governs basic, but critical survival needs. Heart actions. Digestion. Circulation. Breathing. Deeply instinctual and ritualistic. Executes the flight, fight, or freeze response. First we’ll talk about the normal brain…. . …then we’ll talk about the brain on drugs. The VIPs of Brain Function. The Human Brain. The . Brain Stem. Connects the brain and the spinal cord.. methylmercury. is having a large impact on natural environments.  Mercury is most commonly found in sediment build up under water.  Mercury is converted to . methylmercury. through a process called . Bob Wolford. Vermont Law School. November 13, 2015. Fun facts about Neurons. Here . are some interesting statistics* about neurons in humans and other animals (remember that these are averages because there is a lot of variability in the nervous system!):. Broca’s. area. Wernicke’s area. Hypothalamus. Hippocampus. Medulla. 2. Damage to the cerebellum would most likely result in:. Respiratory failure. Heart failure. Loss of muscular coordination. Loss of hearing. La gamme de thé MORPHEE vise toute générations recherchant le sommeil paisible tant désiré et non procuré par tout types de médicaments. Essentiellement composé de feuille de morphine, ce thé vous assurera d’un rétablissement digne d’un voyage sur . methylation. creates . methylmercury. .. Introduction. . Mercury has an affect on everything. Between soil on land, and sediment in water, sediment contains more mercury from being in the contaminated water.  Mercury has a huge effect on organisms. When mercury from power plants goes into the air, the mercury falls from the clouds when it rains, and lands in water, on the ground, and pollutes everything. Mercury affects how quickly organisms move, and makes them less tolerant to diseases, or harmful things. Mercury affects many different systems throughout the organism's body. (Mercury and health). and toxicity. Dr Dorota . Jarosinska . WHO European Centre for Environment and . Health. Joint thematic session – Heavy metals with focus on mercury. Fourth . Joint session of the Working Group on Effects . BRAIN CANCER OUTLOOK DATA: Q. OSTROM/REF. 1; BRAIN: ALEXANDER_P/SHUTTERSTOCK        J. FERLAY/IARC Primary brain tumours are trea ARD - 28 20 19 Mercury: What you should know: Mercury is a persistent, bioaccumulative, toxic pollutant. When released into the environment, it accumulate s in water laid sediments where it conver Adapted from manuscript of the same title published in the Journal of Toxicology, Volume 2011, Article ID 983072, doi: 10.1155/2011/983072. Photos by Jessica N. Warren. All forms of mercury are toxic: elemental, inorganic, and organic forms..