Behavioral and thyroid effects of in utero and lactational exposure of Sprague-Dawley rats to the polybrominated diphenyl ether mixture DE71

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 127-142

  Bowers, W J ^a   Wall, P M ^a   Nakai, J S ^a   Yagminas, A ^a   Wade, M ^a   Li, N ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavior; DE71; Habituation; Learning; Motor activity; Neurotoxicity; Polybrominated diphenyl ether

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; NICOTINE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER MIXTURE DE71; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN WEIGHT; CHOLINERGIC SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL LANDMARK; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL BODY WEIGHT; HABITUATION; IN UTERO EXPOSURE; LACTATIONAL EXPOSURE; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; LIFESPAN; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MEMORY; MORTALITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROBEHAVIOR; NEUROMOTOR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSICAL SENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; THYROID FOLLICLE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; LACTATION; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NICOTINE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX, STARTLE; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 84941670475     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: 18729738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2015.08.002     Document Type: Article

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