Effects of gestational and lactational exposure to TCDD or coplanar PCBs on spatial learning

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 305-313

  Schantz, Susan L ^a   Seo, Byung Woun ^a   Moshtaghian, Jamal ^a   Peterson, Richard E ^a,b   Moore, Robert W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Coplanar PCBs; Delayed spatial alternation; Perinatal exposure; Radial arm maze; Spatial learning and memory; T maze; TCDD

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MEMORY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029941615     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(96)90033-1     Document Type: Article

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