Late embryonic exposure to all-trans retinoic acid induces a pattern of motor deficits unrelated to the developmental stage

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1120-1126

  Coluccia, Addolorata ^a   Borracci, Pietro ^a   Belfiore, Domenico ^a   Renna, Giuseppe ^a   Carratù, Maria Rosaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

All trans retinoic acid; Development; Motor deficits; Rat

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; ROTAROD TEST;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HAND STRENGTH; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX; REPRODUCTION; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRETINOIN;

RATTUS;

EID: 71049125312     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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