Assessing behavioral toxicity with Caenorhabditis elegans

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1235-1240

  Anderson, Gary L ^a   Cole, Russell D ^a   Williams, Phillip L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Caenorhabditis elegans; Neurotoxicity; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; PESTICIDES; SOLVENTS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

CHEMICAL TOXICITY; NEURAL TOXICANTS;

TOXICITY;

ACETONE; ALCOHOL; ALUMINUM; CHLORPYRIFOS; COPPER; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; LEVAMISOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PESTICIDE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HEAVY METAL; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHLORPYRIFOS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LETHAL DOSE 50; LEVAMISOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; METALS, HEAVY; MICE; MOVEMENT; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RATS; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METAZOA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0842282017     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-264     Document Type: Conference Paper

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