Discrimination and avoidance learning in adult mice following developmental exposure to diisopropylfluorophosphate

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 438-445

  Levi, Yifat ^a   Kofman, Ora ^a   Schwebel, Margalit ^a   Shaldubina, Alona ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Active avoidance attention; Cholinesterase inhibitor; Discrimination; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DYFLOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSAL REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; ISOFLUROPHATE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ODORS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SMELL;

MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 37249083616     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2007.09.017     Document Type: Article

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