Neurobehavioral Toxicity of a Repeated Exposure (14 Days) to the Airborne Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Fluorene in Adult Wistar Male Rats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Peiffer, Julie ^a   Cosnier, Frédéric ^b   Grova, Nathalie ^c   Nunge, Hervé ^b   Salquèbre, Guillaume ^c   Decret, Marie Josèphe ^b   Cossec, Benoît ^b   Rychen, Guido ^a   Appenzeller, Brice M R ^c   Schroeder, Henri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

^c LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; FLUORENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUORENE BLOOD LEVEL; FLUORENE BRAIN LEVEL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; RAT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL LEARNING; TOXICITY TESTING;

AGING; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ATMOSPHERE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; FLUORENES; HYDROXYLATION; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROTOXINS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84882658057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071413     Document Type: Article

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