Neurobehavioral effects of tetrabromobisphenol A, a brominated flame retardant, in mice

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 78-83

  Nakajima, Akira ^a   Saigusa, Daisuke ^a   Tetsu, Naomi ^a   Yamakuni, Tohru ^a   Tomioka, Yoshihisa ^a   Hishinuma, Takanori ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavior; Brain; Brominated flame retardant; LC MS MS; Mice; Tetrabromobisphenol A

Indexed keywords

TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEAR; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLAME RETARDANTS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

MUS;

EID: 67349284347     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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