Behavioral effects of subchronic inhalation of toluene in adult rats

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 611-619

  Beasley, Tracey E ^a   Evansky, Paul A ^a   Gilbert, Mary E ^a   Bushnell, Philip J ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fear conditioning; Motor activity; Organic solvent; Quinpirole; Raclopride; Signal detection

Indexed keywords

QUINPIROLE; RACLOPRIDE; SOLVENT; TOLUENE;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; INHALATION; LONG EVANS RAT; MAZE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL DETECTION; VAPOR; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE; TOLUENE; VOLATILIZATION;

RATTUS;

EID: 78049484291     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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