Refining the effects observed in a developmental neurobehavioral study of ammonium perchlorate administered orally in drinking water to rats. II. Behavioral and neurodevelopment effects

International Journal of Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 451-467

  York, Raymond G ^a   Barnett Jr , John ^a   Girard, Michael F ^b   Mattie, David R ^c   Bekkedal, Marni V K ^d   Garman, Robert H ^e   Strawson, Joan S ^f  

^a CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Perchlorate Study Group   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Bureau of Public Health   (United States)

^e Consultants in Veterinary Pathology Inc ^*  (United States)

^f Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain Morphometry; Developmental Neurotoxicity; Perchlorate; Rat

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DRINKING WATER; PERCHLORATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN WEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GESTATION PERIOD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; JUVENILE; LACTATION; MALE; MATING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; PUERPERIUM; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; THICKNESS; WHITE MATTER;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCHLORIC ACID; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 30344445351     PISSN: 10915818     EISSN: 1092874X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10915810500367094     Document Type: Article

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