Delayed behavioral and endocrine effects of sarin and stress exposure in mice

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 132-139

  Mach, Mojmir ^a,b   Grubbs, Robert D ^a   Price, William A ^a   Nagaoka, Maya ^a   Dubovický, Michal ^a,b   Lucot, James B ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Behavior; Catecholamines; Delayed effect; Excessive grooming; Sarin; Stress

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; CHOLINESTERASE; SARIN;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATECHOLAMINES; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CHOLINESTERASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURAL INHIBITION; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; SARIN; STARTLE REACTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

MUS;

EID: 41149174789     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1258     Document Type: Article

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