A dosimetric analysis of the acute behavioral effects of inhaled toluene in rats

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 181-189

  Bushnell, Philip J ^a   Oshiro, Wendy M ^a   Samsam, Tracey E ^a   Benignus, Vernon A ^a   Krantz, Quentin Todd ^a   Kenyon, Elaina M ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Dose metric; Signal detection behavior; Toxicokinetics; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SIGNAL DETECTION; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOKINETICS; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LEARNING; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOLVENTS; TOLUENE;

RATTUS;

EID: 34547889888     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfm146     Document Type: Article

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