Influence of Maternal Exposure to 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin on Socioemotional Behaviors in Offspring Rats

Environmental Health Insights

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Nguyen, Anh T N ^a   Nishijo, Muneko ^a   Hori, Etsuro ^b   Nguyen, Nui M ^b   Pham, Tai T ^a,c   Fukunaga, Kohji ^d   Nakagawa, Hideaki ^a   Tran, Anh H ^c   Nishijo, Hisao ^b  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^c VIETNAM MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CaMKII ; maternal exposure; offspring rats; socio emotional behavior; TCDD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879283471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11786302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/EHI.S10346     Document Type: Article

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