Chronic exposure to mercuric chloride during gestation affects sensorimotor development and later behaviour in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-50

  Chehimi, Latifa ^a   Roy, Vincent ^b   Jeljeli, Mustapha ^a,c   Sakly, Mohsen ^a  

^a University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

^b University of Tunis El Manar   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Cross fostering; Development; Growth maturation; HgCl2; Maternal behaviour; Rat

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; MERCURIC CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; INTOXICATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEGATIVE GEOTAXIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; REFLEX; RIGHTING REFLEX; ROOTING REFLEX; ROTATING GRID; SENSORIMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; SUSPENSION TEST; VIBRISSAE PLACING RESPONSE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX;

EID: 84863450340     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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