Fixed interval/fixed ratio performance in adult monkeys exposed in utero to methylmercury

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 539-546

  Gilbert, Steven G ^a,c   Rice, Deborah C ^b   Burbacher, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH DIVISION   (Canada)

^c Inst of Neurotoxicol and N   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Development; Fixed interval fixed ratio; Macaca fascicularis; Methylmercury; Monkey

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIRTH; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FETUS; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030250672     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0892-0362(96)00081-5     Document Type: Article

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