Reply #7: more NLM Medline articles on mercury causing ataxia & ataxia improving after detox [View All]

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(more NLM Medline articles on mercury causing ataxia & ataxia improving after detox)
Neurodegeneration from mitochondrial insufficiency: nutrients, stem cells, growth factors, and prospects for brain rebuilding using integrative management. Kidd PM. Altern Med Rev. 2005 Dec;10(4):268-93 (mercury and other toxics cause mitochondrial damage, electron leakage)
Autopsy case of acute encephalopathy linked to familial hemiplegic migraine with cerebellar atrophy and mental retardation. Neuropathology. 2005 Sep;25(3):228 (causes of such include mercury toxicity)

Retrospective and current risks of mercury to panthers in the Florida Everglades.
Ecotoxicology. 2004 Apr;13(3):223 (clinical symptoms, including ataxia and convulsions)

Brain sites of movement disorder: genetic and environmental agents in neurodevelopmental perturbations. Neurotox Res. 2003;5(1-2):1-26
(mercury can be a factor in ataxia disorders including autism, ADHD, parkinson’s, Frederrich’s ataxia, etc.)

The Mt. Diwata study on the Philippines 2000-treatment of mercury intoxicated inhabitants of a gold mining area with DMPS (2,3-dimercapto-1-propane-sulfonic acid, Dimaval).
Sci Total Environ. 2003 May 20;307(1-3):71-82.
(mercury causes neurological problems including ataxia, which improve after mercury detoxification)

Clinical investigation of the lesions responsible for sensory disturbance in Minamata disease.
Tohoku J Exp Med. 2001 Nov;195(3):181-9 (mercury posioning)

Chronic neurobehavioural effects of mercury poisoning on a group of Zulu chemical workers.
Brain Inj. 2000 Sep;14(9):797-814. (mercury causes ataxia/impaired motor function)

Effects of protein-deficient nutrition during rat pregnancy and development on developmental hindlimb crossing due to methylmercury intoxication. Arch Toxicol. 2000 Jul;74(4-5):196-202
(offspring from mothers on the protein-deficient diet were found to be more sensitive to MeHg-induced ataxia than those on the protein-sufficient diet)
Occupational and environmental toxicology of mercury and its compounds. Satoh H. (mercury causes neurological conditions including ataxia and similar for infants born to mercury toxic moms)
MRI findings of Minamata disease--organic mercury poisoning. Korogi Y, Takahashi M, Okajima T, Eto K. (mercury toxicity from seafoof with mercury causes neurological conditions including ataxia)
The toxicology of mercury. Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci. 1997 Aug, Clarkson TW. (merucy vapor and organic mercury cause neurological problems including ataxia)
(these are the first page of studies documenting mercury causes ataxia and usually improves after mercury detox; there were several other pages in Medline abstracts)