Emergence of delayed behavioral effects in offspring mice exposed to low levels of mercury vapor during the lactation period

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Yoshida, Minoru ^a   Watanabe, Chiho ^b   Honda, Akiko ^c   Satoh, Masahiko ^c   Yasutake, Akira ^d  

^a Hachinohe University   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavioral effect; Latency; Mercury vapor; Mice; Postnatal exposure

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; LACTATION; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PUERPERIUM; SPATIAL LEARNING;

EID: 84873128826     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.38.1     Document Type: Article

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