Domoic acid: Neurobehavioral and neurohistological effects of low-dose exposure in adult rats

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 659-670

  Sobotka, T J ^a   Brown, R ^a   Quander, D Y ^a   Jackson, R ^a   Smith, M ^a   Long, S A ^a   Barton, C N ^a   Rountree, R L ^b   Hall, S ^a   Eilers, P ^a   Johannessen, J N ^a   Scallet, A C ^b  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

adult rat; behavior; domoic acid; neuropathology; scopolamine pretreatment

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; DOMOIC ACID; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; HYPERACTIVITY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BODY WEIGHT; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HIPPOCAMPUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; KAINIC ACID; MALE; NEUROTOXINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STARTLE REACTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 18244426946     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(96)00120-1     Document Type: Article

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