Effects of maternal exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin on fetal brain growth and motor and behavioral development in offspring rats

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-47

  Nishijo, Muneko ^a,c   Kuriwaki, Jun ichi ^b,c   Hori, Etsuro ^b,c   Tawara, Kenji ^a   Nakagawa, Hideaki ^a   Nishijo, Hisao ^b,c  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2,3,7,8 Tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin (TCDD); Brain; Fetus; Maternal exposure; Neurodevelopment

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETOTOXICITY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RIGHTING REFLEX; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MOTOR SKILLS; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

RATTUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34547693217     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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