Neurobehavioural functions in adult progeny of rat mothers exposed to methylmercury or 2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB 153) alone or their combination during gestation and lactation

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 277-291

  Gralewicz, SŁawomir ^a,b   Wiaderna, Dorota ^a,b   Lutz, Piotr ^a,b   Sitarek, Krystyna ^a,b  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^b Department of Toxicology and Carcinogenesis ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

Behaviour; MeHg; PCB 153; Perinatal exposure; Rat

Indexed keywords

2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,4,5,2',4',5'-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; LACTATION; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STARTLE REFLEX; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MEMORY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX FACTORS; STARTLE REACTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 73349120642     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10001-009-0020-9     Document Type: Article

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