Neurophysiological assessment of auditory, peripheral nerve, somatosensory, and visual system functions after developmental exposure to ethanol vapors

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-10

  Boyes, William K ^a   Degn, Laura L ^a   Martin, Sheppard A ^a   Lyke, Danielle F ^a   Hamm, Charles W ^a   Herr, David W ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental neurotoxicity; Electroretinogram; Ethanol vapor; Nerve conduction velocity; Sensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; VAPOR; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMBRYOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LONG EVANS RAT; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REACTION TIME; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; BRAIN WAVES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84896451041     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: 18729738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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