Effects of low dose methylmercury administration during the postnatal brain growth spurt in rats

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 282-287

  Coluccia, Addolorata ^a   Borracci, Pietro ^a   Giustino, Arcangela ^a   Sakamoto, Mineshi ^b   Carratù, Maria Rosaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Locomotor behavior; Methylmercury; Neurodevelopment; Rat

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH ACCELERATION; LEARNING DISORDER; LEARNING TEST; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; FEMALE; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; REACTION TIME;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 33947185906     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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