Effects of chronic dietary and repeated acute exposure to chlorpyrifos on learning and sustained attention in rats

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 460-468

  Samsam, Tracey E ^a   Hunter, Deborah L ^a   Bushnell, Philip J ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute effect; Attention; Dietary exposure; Learning; Organophosphate; Persistent effect; Signal detection

Indexed keywords

CHLORPYRIFOS; CHOLINESTERASE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIETARY INTAKE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LEARNING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BODY WEIGHT; CHLORPYRIFOS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DIET; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INSECTICIDES; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 24944579250     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfi264     Document Type: Article

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