Effects of prenatal exposure to toluene on postnatal development and behavior in rats

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 241-250

  Hougaard, Karin SØrig ^a   Hass, Ulla ^a   Lund, SØren Peter ^a   Simonsen, Leif ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

CAS no 108 88 3; Inhalation; Morris water maze; Neurobehavioral toxicity; Prenatal exposure; Rats; Toluene

Indexed keywords

TOLUENE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BEHAVIOR; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; CIRCLING BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LEARNING; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MEMORY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STARTLE REACTION; TOLUENE;

EID: 0033005967     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(98)00053-1     Document Type: Article

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