Gender-specific impairments on cognitive and behavioral development in mice exposed to fenvalerate during puberty

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 245-251

  Meng, Xiu Hong ^a,b   Liu, Ping ^a,b   Wang, Hua ^a,b   Zhao, Xian Feng ^a,b   Xu, Zhong Mei ^a,b   Chen, Gui Hai ^b   Xu, De Xiang ^a,b  

^a ANHUI PROVINCIAL KEY LABORATORY OF POPULATION HEALTH AND ARISTOGENICS   (China)

^b ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Behavioral development; Endocrine disruptor; Fenvalerate; Spatial cognition

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FENVALERATE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPATIAL MEMORY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; GROWTH; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NITRILES; PYRETHRINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 79955975536     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.03.024     Document Type: Article

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