Effects of exposure to polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) from conception on growth, and development of endocrine, neurochemical, and cognitive measures in 60 day old rats

Growth, Development and Aging

Volumn 60, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 131-143

  Corey, Deborah A ^a   De Ku, Juárez Laura M ^a   Bingman, Verner P ^a   Meserve, Lee A ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aroclor 1254 ; Behavior; Choline acetyltransferase; Memory; Polychlorinated biphenyl; Thyroid status

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR 1254; BRAIN ENZYME; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; LIOTHYRONINE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; COGNITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FETUS; FOOD INTAKE; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID WEIGHT; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; EATING; FEMALE; GROWTH; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID HORMONES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 8044260253     PISSN: 10411232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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