Neurobehavioral changes in mice treated with methylmercury at two different stages of fetal development

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 463-472

  Dore F Y ^a   Goulet, S ^a   Gallagher, A ^a   Harvey, P O ^a   Cantin, J F ^a   D'Aigle, T ^b   Mirault, M E ^b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity; Learning; Memory; Methylmercury; Prenatal exposure

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; WORKING MEMORY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; LEARNING; LIVER; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034757541     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(01)00167-2     Document Type: Article

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