Bioaccumulation and behavioural effects of depleted uranium in rats exposed to repeated inhalations

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 390, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-36

  Monleau, Marjorie ^a   Bussy, Cyrill ^a   Lestaevel, Philippe ^a   Houpert, Pascale ^a   Paquet, François ^a   Chazel, Valérie ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Biokinetics; Chronic; Inhalation; Rat; Uranium

Indexed keywords

URANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN LEVEL; CEREBELLUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TOXICITY TESTING; WORKING MEMORY;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY BURDEN; BRAIN; KINETICS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL DISORDERS; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOMETRY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URANIUM;

EID: 24944552856     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.07.051     Document Type: Article

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