Simultaneous changes of the spontaneous and stimulus-evoked cortical activity in rats acutely treated with mercuric chloride

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 131-137

  Pecze, László ^a   Papp, András ^a   Nagymajtényi, László ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Electrocorticogram; Evoked potential; Inorganic mercury; Rat

Indexed keywords

MERCURIC CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVALUATION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MALE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TAIL; VIBRISSAE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 1542375471     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(03)00092-8     Document Type: Article

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