Newly developed mouse newborn behavioral testing method for evaluating the risk of neurotoxicity of environmental toxicants

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1514-1519

  Nagao, Tetsuji ^a   Kagawa, Nao ^a   Komada, Munekazu ^b  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activity; Behavioral test; Electric balance; Mouse newborn; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; METHYLNITROSOUREA;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS; VICIA SATIVA;

ACTIVITY; BEHAVIORAL TEST; ELECTRIC BALANCE; MOUSE NEWBORN; NEUROTOXICITY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METHYLNITROSOUREA; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK;

EID: 84886101251     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.2802     Document Type: Article

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