The potential reproductive, neurobehavioral and systemic effects of soluble sodium tungstate exposure in Sprague-Dawley rats

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-137

  McInturf, S M ^a   Bekkedal, M Y V ^b   Wilfong, E ^c   Arfsten, D ^d   Chapman, G ^a   Gunasekar, P G ^a  

^a WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

^b Two Steps Forward LLC   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^d Navy Drug Screening Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral study; Health effects; Rat; Reproduction; Toxicity; Tungstate

Indexed keywords

TUNGSTATE SODIUM; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; FEMUR; HEART; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LOCOMOTION; LUNG; MALE; MATING; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; RAT; REPRODUCTION; RIGHTING REFLEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN; TESTIS; THYMUS; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX, RIGHTING; REPRODUCTION; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 79959946963     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2010.04.021     Document Type: Article

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