Repetitive exposure to a 7 Tesla static magnetic field of mice in utero does not cause alterations in basal emotional and cognitive behavior in adulthood

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 86-92

  Hoyer, Carolin ^a   Vogt, Miriam A ^a   Richter, S Helene ^a   Zaun, Gregor ^b   Zahedi, Yasmin ^b   Maderwald, Stefan ^b   Ladd, Mark E ^b   Winterhager, Elke ^b   Grümmer, Ruth ^b   Gass, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavior; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mice; Pregnancy; Static magnetic field

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMOTIONAL LEARNING; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; LEARNING; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SAFETY; SPATIAL LEARNING; VALIDITY;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREGNANCY;

MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84861665201     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: 18731708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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