Acute trimethyltin exposure produces nonspecific effects on learning in rats working under a multiple repeated acquisition and performance schedule

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 99-111

  Cohn, Jeffrey ^a,b   MacPhail, Robert C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

GFAP; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Learning; Rats; Trimethyltin

Indexed keywords

TRIMETHYLTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0029991363     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0892-0362(95)02028-4     Document Type: Article

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