Sensory testing in non-human primates.
Sensory testing in non-human primates can be used to detect subtle sensory toxicity of chemicals. Examples are given covering the determination of spatial contrast sensitivity in monkeys exposed to methyl mercury as an example of visual psychophysics, and the assessment of vibration sensitivity in monkeys exposed to acrylamide, as an example of somatosensory psychophysics.
D000178:Acrylamides / Q000633:toxicity; D000818:Animals; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / Q000379:methods*; D000882:Haplorhini / Q000502:physiology*; D008767:Methylmercury Compounds / Q000633:toxicity; D012684:Sensory Thresholds; D014732:Vibration; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000187:drug effects*
D000178:Acrylamides; D008767:Methylmercury Compounds