Response inhibition is impaired by developmental methylmercury exposure: Acquisition of low-rate lever-pressing

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 253, Issue , 2013, Pages 196-205

  Newland, M Christopher ^a   Hoffman, Daniel J ^a   Heath, John C ^b   Donlin, Wendy D ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental neurotoxicology; Methylmercury; Percentile Schedule; Response inhibition; Reversal learning; Selenium

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; METHYLMERCURY; SODIUM SELENITE;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LIFESPAN; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; RESPONSE INHIBITION IMPAIRMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROTOXICOLOGY; METHYLMERCURY; PERCENTILE SCHEDULE; RESPONSE INHIBITION; REVERSAL LEARNING; SELENIUM;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIET; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MERCURY POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SELENIUM;

EID: 84881304330     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.05.038     Document Type: Article

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