Prenatal methylmercury exposure increases responding under clocked and unclocked fixed interval schedules of reinforcement

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 492-502

  Reed, Miranda N ^a   Newland, M Christopher ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental; Fixed interval; Methylmercury; Operant behavior; Selenium

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TOXICITY;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIOXIDANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SELENIUM;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 34249295600     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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