Evaluation of sensory evoked potentials in long evans rats gestationally exposed to mercury (Hg0) vapor

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 193-206

  Herr, David W ^a   Chanda, Sushmita M ^b,c   Graff, Jaimie E ^a   Barone Jr , Stanley S ^a   Beliles, Robert P ^d   Morgan, Daniel L ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b ROCHE BIOSCIENCE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d Natl Ctr for Environ Assessment   (United States)

Author keywords

Evoked potentials; Mercury vapor; Sensory toxicity

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PREDICTION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STIMULUS; VAPOR;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; MALE; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; ORGANOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 8444236305     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfh246     Document Type: Article

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