Cerebral cortex and body growth development of progeny of rats exposed to thinner and turpentine inhalation.
1. Turpentine and thinner exposed rats, during the last stage of pregnancy, delivered 59% and 20% of dead newborn, respectively. 2. Turpentine and thinner delayed foetal growth and caused no effects on neonates body size. 3. Cerebral cortex of newborn rats, prenatally exposed to organic solvents showed to histological alterations.
Departamento de Investigacion Cientifica, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico.
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Garcia-Estrada
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Rodriguez-Segura
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Garzon
D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006128:Growth / Q000187:drug effects*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012997:Solvents / Q000633:toxicity*; D014425:Turpentine / Q000633:toxicity*
D012997:Solvents; D014425:Turpentine