Prenatal and early-life exposure to high-level diesel exhaust particles leads to increased locomotor activity and repetitive behaviors in mice

Autism Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 248-257

  Thirtamara Rajamani, Keerthi ^a   Doherty Lyons, Shannon ^b   Bolden, Crystal ^a   Willis, Daniel ^b   Hoffman, Carol ^b   Zelikoff, Judith ^b   Chen, Lung Chi ^b   Gu, Howard ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Diesel exhaust particles; Early life exposure; Repetitive behaviors

Indexed keywords

DIESEL FUEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; SELF CARE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

AUTISM; DIESEL EXHAUST PARTICLES; EARLY-LIFE EXPOSURE; REPETITIVE BEHAVIORS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84882263303     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1287     Document Type: Article

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