Behavioral and neurotoxic effects seen during and after subchronic exposure of rats to organic mercury

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 785-796

  Vezér, Tünde ^a   Papp, András ^a   Kurunczi, Anita ^b   Párducz, Árpád ^b   Náray, Miklós ^c   Nagymajtényi, László ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c National Public Health Center   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Electrocorticogram; Evoked activity; Methyl mercury; Psychomotor performance; Rat; Spontaneous exploratory activity

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BEHAVIOR TERATOLOGY; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN LEVEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTILLATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATENT PERIOD; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RAT; RECORDING; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPIKE WAVE; STARTLE REFLEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 17044395984     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2004.12.045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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