Behavioral effects and drug vulnerability in rats exposed to Pfiesteria toxin

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 701-710

  Duncan, Perry M ^a   Parris, Brian ^a   Schultz, Sarah ^a   Jones, Jermaine ^a   Gordon, Andrew ^a   Dyer, Brian ^a   Marshall, Harold ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning; Pfiesteria piscicida; Pfiesteria shumwayae; Radial arm maze; Scopolamine; Toxin

Indexed keywords

SCOPOLAMINE; TOXIN; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTRATION; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PFIESTERIA; PFIESTERIA SHUMWAYAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; MALE; MARINE TOXINS; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; NEUROTOXINS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCOPOLAMINE;

DINOPHYCEAE; PFIESTERIA; PFIESTERIA PISCICIDA; PFIESTERIA SHUMWAYAE;

EID: 26944495689     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2005.06.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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