Inhalational exposure to carbonyl sulfide produces altered brainstem auditory and somatosensory-evoked potentials in fischer 344N rats

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 118-135

  Herr, David W ^a,d   Graff, Jaimie E ^a   Moser, Virginia C ^a   Crofton, Kevin M ^a   Little, Peter B ^b   Morgan, Daniel L ^c   Sills, Robert C ^c  

^a Neurotoxicology Division   (United States)

^b CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

BAER; Carbonyl sulfide; CNAP; Evoked potentials; NCV; SEP

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; SULFIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TAIL; TOXIC INHALATION; TOXICITY TESTING; WAVEFORM;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN STEM; COLON; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; INHALATION EXPOSURE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; REACTION TIME; STARTLE REACTION; SULFUR OXIDES; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33845630340     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfl146     Document Type: Article

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