Short term lead exposure induces a stress-like response in adult mice

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Nieto Fernandez, Fernando Emilio ^a   Ruiz, Adriana ^a   Ntukogu, Ndidi ^a   Nodimelle, Lilian ^a   Pryor, Steve C ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Heavy metals; Hormone behavior; Mouse

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LEAD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; EXPOSURE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LACTATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STRESS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LEAD; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33749672933     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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