Behavioral toxicology: evaluating cognitive functions.
Behavioral toxicology is concerned with the identification of adverse effects on neural and behavioral functions resulting from exposure to a neurotoxicant. Many substances are known to have effects on cognitive functions such as memory, attention and perception. This paper reviews some of the issues that must be addressed when trying to assess these neurotoxic effects on cognition, and identifies a variety of paradigms that have been explored for use in behavioral toxicology.
D001143:Arousal; D001288:Attention; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006801:Humans; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D008630:Mercury Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced; D011581:Psychological Tests; D014116:Toxicology / Q000379:methods*