Neurobehavioral effect of chronic and bolus doses of methylmercury following prenatal exposure in C57BL/6 weanling mice

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 372-381

  Liang, Jacky ^a   Inskip, Mike ^b   Newhook, Deborah ^b   Messier, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Environmental Health Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; In utero; Learning; Memory; Methylmercury; Motricity

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EMOTIONS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 70349835163     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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