Methylmercury , thyroid

Kirubagaran R, Joy KP (1994) Effects of short-term exposure to methylmercury chloride and its withdrawal on serum levels of thyroid hormones in the catfish Clarias batrachus (L). Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 63 166-170... 

The distribution of mercury in the body after exposure depends essentially on the binding form of the absorbed mercury inorganic mercury salts are predominantly deposited in the kidney, while exposure to metallic mercury vapor or methylmercury particularly increases the mercury concentration in the brain [2]. Normally, the highest mercury concentrations are found in the kidney, followed by the liver, the spleen, and the brain [15,32,33]. However, mercury also accumulates to different extent in the pituitary and thyroid glands, the pancreas, and the reproductive organs [2,34]. 

Sarafian T, Verity MA (1986) Mechanism of apparent transcription inhibition by methylmercury in cerebellar neurons. J Neurochem 47 625-631 Sin YM, Teh WF (1992) Effect of long-term uptake of mercuric sulphide on thyroid hormones and glutathione in mice. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 49 847-854 Suda I, Hirayama K (1992) Degradation of methyl and ethyl mercury into inorganic mercury by hydroxyl radical produced from rat liver microsomes. Arch Toxicol 66 398-402... 

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