Neurobehavioral assessments of rats perinatally exposed to a commercial mixture of polychlorinated biphenyls

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 109-120

  Bushnell, Philip J ^a,b   Moser, Virginia C ^a   MacPhail, Robert C ^a   Oshiro, Wendy M ^a   Derr Yellin, Ethel C ^a   Phillips, Pamela M ^a   Kodavanti, Prasada Rao S ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aroclor 1254; Attention; Cocaine; Functional observational battery; Habituation; Haloperidol; Learning; Motor activity; Neurobehavioral screening; PCBs; Perinatal exposure; Signal detection

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR 1242; COCAINE; HALOPERIDOL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; AROCLOR 1254;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HABITUATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SCREENING TEST; SURVIVAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LACTATION; LONG EVANS RAT; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STEREOTYPY; SUCKLING; TOXICITY TESTING; VISION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMAL; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; AROCLOR 1254; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCAINE; COGNITION; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HABITUATION (PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY); HALOPERIDOL; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; TOXICITY TESTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; ANIMALS; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035996066     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/68.1.109     Document Type: Article

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