Animal behavioral methods in neurotoxicity assessment: SGOMSEC joint report

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1996, Pages 193-204

  Kulig, Beverly ^a   Alleva, Enrico ^b   Bignami, Giorgio ^b   Cohn, Jeffrey ^c   Cory Slechta, Deborah ^d   Landa, V ^e   O'Donoghue, John ^f   Peakall, David ^g  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^f EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

^g KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal; Behavioral methods; Cognition; Ethology; Motor effects; Neurotoxicity; Operant behavior; Sensory effects; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SENSORY NERVE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0029941294     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104s2193     Document Type: Conference Paper

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