TITLE:
Minamata Disease—Review
AUTHORS:
Alexandre Semionov
KEYWORDS:
Minamata Disease, Methylmercury Poisoning
JOURNAL NAME:
World Journal of Neuroscience,
Vol.8 No.2,
May
9,
2018
ABSTRACT: Minamata disease is the name given to a neurological syndrome caused by or-ganic mercury intoxication. Most commonly it results from consumption of methylmercury contaminated seafood and in severe cases is classically mani-fested by concentric constriction of the visual fields, ataxia and sensory dis-turbance in the distal extremities. The radiographic and neuropathological find-ings parallel the clinical picture and typically consist of lesions selectively in-volving the visual cortex, cerebellum and postecentral gyri.