Early lead exposure produces lasting changes in sustained attention, response initiation, and reactivity to errors

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 519-531

  Morgan, Russell E ^a   Garavan, Hugh ^a   Smith, Elliott G ^a   Driscoll, Lori L ^a   Levitsky, David A ^a   Strupp, Barbara J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

AFFECT; ALERTNESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LACTATION; LEAD POISONING; LEARNING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; LEAD; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035711044     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(01)00171-4     Document Type: Article

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