Radial arm maze performance in rats following gestational and lactational exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 511-519

  Seo, Byung Woun ^a   Powers, Brian E ^a   Widholm, John J ^a   Schantz, Susan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Perinatal exposure; Radial arm maze; Spatial learning and memory; TCDD

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR TERATOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; LIVER; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0342955000     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(00)00070-2     Document Type: Article

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