Revealing behavioral learning deficit phenotypes subsequent to in utero exposure to benzo(a)pyrene

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 42-54

  McCallister, Monique M ^a   Li, Zhu ^a   Zhang, Tongwen ^b   Ramesh, Aramandla ^a   Clark, Ryan S ^a   Maguire, Mark ^a   Hutsell, Blake ^c   Christopher Newland, M ^c   Hood, Darryl B ^a,b  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity Related Cytoskeletal (Arc) associated protein; B(a)P metabolites; Benzo(a)pyrene; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; Spatial Discrimination Reversal Task; Susceptibility exposure paradigm

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY REGULATED CYTOSKELETON ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; NOL3 PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; LEARNING DISORDER; LONG EVANS RAT; METABOLITE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TISSUE LEVEL; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; PREGNANCY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZO(A)PYRENE; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; FEMALE; FETUS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84960084489     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfv212     Document Type: Article

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