Auditory deficits in rats exposed to an environmental PCB mixture during development

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 415-422

  Powers, Brian E ^a   Widholm, John J ^b   Lasky, Robert E ^c   Schantz, Susan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b School of Business   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

ABR; Auditory system; DPOAE; PCBs

Indexed keywords

CORN OIL; DRUG VEHICLE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OTOTOXICITY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; AUDIOMETRY, EVOKED RESPONSE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

ANIMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 31144435951     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfj051     Document Type: Article

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