Rapid neurobehavioral analysis of Pfiesteria piscicida effects in juvenile and adult rats

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 533-540

  Levin, E D ^a,b,c   Rezvani, A H ^a   Christopher, N C ^a   Glasgow Jr , H B ^d   Deamer Melia, N J ^d   Burkholder, J M ^d   Moser, V C ^e   Jensen, K ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; FOB; Functional observational battery; Pfiesteria piscicida; Radial arm maze

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; LEARNING DISORDER; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PFIESTERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PFIESTERIA PISCICIDA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0342520826     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(00)00080-5     Document Type: Article

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