Acquisition, steady-state performance, and the effects of trimethyltin on the operant behavior and hippocampal GFAP of Long-Evans and Fischer 344 rats

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 481-490

  MacPhail, R C ^a   O'Callaghan, J P ^b,d   Cohn, J ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Steady state performance; Strain differences; Trimethyltin

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRIMETHYLTIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR TERATOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GLIOSIS; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REINFORCEMENT; RESPONSE TIME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0038206672     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(03)00012-6     Document Type: Article

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