Enduring effects of early lead exposureevidence for a specific deficit in associative ability

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 151-164

  Garavan, H ^a   Morgan, R E ^a   Levitsky, D A ^a   Hermer Vazquez, L ^a   Strupp, B J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative ability; Early lead exposure

Indexed keywords

LEAD; LEAD ACETATE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; LACTATION; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PERSEVERATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034603399     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(99)00057-4     Document Type: Article

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