A reproductive, developmental and neurobehavioral study following oral exposure of tetrabromobisphenol A on Sprague-Dawley rats

Toxicology

Volumn 329, Issue , 2015, Pages 49-59

  Cope, Rhian B ^a   Kacew, Sam ^b   Dourson, Michael ^a  

^a Toxicology Excellence in Risk Assessment Cincinnati   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

NOEL; Oral exposure; Reproductive developmental effects; Tetrabromobisphenol A

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GRIP STRENGTH; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STEP-THROUGH PASSIVE AVOIDANCE TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FETUS; METABOLISM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

RATTUS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FETUS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 84921531543     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: 18793185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2014.12.013     Document Type: Article

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