Developmental lead exposure causes spatial learning deficits in adult rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 233, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 101-104

  Kuhlmann, Anthony C ^a   McGlothan, Jennifer L ^a   Guilarte, Tomás R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Development; Lead; Learning; Memory; Rat; Water maze

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; LEAD POISONING; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS;

EID: 0343765795     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00633-2     Document Type: Article

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