Using postnatal age to determine test dates leads to misinterpretations when treatments alter gestation length: Results from a collaborative behavioral teratology study in Japan

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 449-457

  Tachibana, Toshiaki ^a   Narita, Hiroyasu ^b   Ogawa, Tetsuo ^c   Tanimura, Takashi ^d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b Smithkline Beecham Seiyaku KK   (Japan)

^c Grelan Pharmaceutical Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavioral teratogenic effects; Collaborative study; Length of gestation; Nicotine; Postnatal day

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR TERATOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; JAPAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; RAT; TERATOGENESIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; JAPAN; NICOTINE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031876751     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(98)00008-7     Document Type: Article

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