The effects of Thimerosal on the central nervous system of the pond snail lymnaea stagnalis.

Author: Paradis E, DiCecco J.

Source: Bioengineering Conference, Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE 36th Annual Northeast.

Year: 2010

Comment:

This research is related to thimerosal.

Abstract / Excerpt:

“It is well known that certain forms of organic mer-cury (such as methylmercury) are neurotoxic. What has been of signi?cant interest in recent years relates to the levels of mercury which become bioavailable after injecting vaccines which contain the ethylmercury-based preservative Thimerosal and whether those levels are signi?cant enough to disrupt normal neuronal communication. This study does not attempt to extrapolate the observed effects of Thimerosal on neurons of the pond snail to the effects of Thimerosal on the normal neuronal development of the infant human. What we show is that there is a clear disruption of the baseline neuronal communication pattern when the extracted central nervous system is exposed to Thimerosal at 100 µM. We note that this concentration far exceeds that which is bioavailable in normal Thimerosal-preserved vaccines.”

Citation:

Paradis E, DiCecco J. The effects of Thimerosal on the central nervous system of the pond snail lymnaea stagnalis. In Bioengineering Conference, Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE 36th Annual Northeast.  2010: 1-2. IEEE.