Effects of prenatal exposure to antithyroid drugs on imprinting behavior in chicks

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 297-301

  Kagami, Keisuke ^a   Nishigori, Hidekazu ^a   Nishigori, Hideo ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antithyroid drugs; Chick embryo; Filial imprinting; Learning and memory; Thyroid dysfunction

Indexed keywords

PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THIAMAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHICK; CHICK EMBRYO; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; LEARNING TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID WEIGHT; TRAINING;

EID: 77955093920     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.05.015     Document Type: Article

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