Prenatal methylmercury exposure: Effects on stress response during active learning

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 539-542

  Carratù, Maria Rosaria ^a   Coluccia, Addolorata ^a   Modafferi, Antonella M E ^b   Borracci, Pietro ^a   Scaccianoce, Sergio ^b   Sakamoto, Mineshi ^c   Cuomo, Vincenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active avoidance task; Methylmercury; Plasma corticosterone; Rat

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AVOIDANCE TASK; ACTIVE LEARNINGS; AVOIDANCE TESTS; LEARNING ABILITIES; LEARNING TASKS; METHYL MERCURIES; METHYLMERCURY; POOR PERFORMANCES; PREGNANT RATS; STRESS RESPONSES;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS; PLASMAS; RATS;

EDUCATION;

CORTICOSTERONE; METHYLMERCURY;

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; LEARNING; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TOXICITY TESTS;

RATTUS;

EID: 55349092959     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-008-9557-8     Document Type: Article

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