Exclusive prenatal exposure to a 16 PAH mixture does not impact anxiety-related behaviours and regional brain metabolism in adult male rats: A role for the period of exposure in the modulation of PAH neurotoxicity

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-46

  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; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Prenatal exposure

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HABENULA; LACTATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADULT RATS; ANXIETY; CYTOCHROME OXIDASE; NEUROTOXICITY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MAZE LEARNING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84879742334     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2013.05.014     Document Type: Article

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