Late effects of a perinatal exposure to a 16 PAH mixture: Increase of anxiety-related behaviours and decrease of regional brain metabolism in adult male rats

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 105-113

  Crépeaux, Guillemette ^a   Bouillaud Kremarik, Pascaline ^a   Sikhayeva, Nurgul ^a   Rychen, Guido ^a   Soulimani, Rachid ^a   Schroeder, Henri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Adult rats; Anxiety; Cytochrome oxidase; Neurotoxicity; Perinatal exposure; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN METABOLISM; BREAST FEEDING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MAZE LEARNING; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84859627905     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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