Lead effects on neurobehavioral development in the neonatal rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta).
Neurotoxicol Teratol
; 21(6): 627-38, 1999.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10560769
ABSTRACT
Effects of lead exposure on behavioral development during the first month of postnatal life were examined in rhesus monkeys using a multi-item assessment scale developed for the evaluation of neonatal rhesus monkeys. Lead was administered daily beginning at day 8 postpartum at levels that produced blood lead levels of about 20 microg/dl by week 4 (n = 48); controls were treated identically but given vehicle only (n = 24). All monkeys were tested once a week for the first 4 weeks postpartum. The first principal component explained a substantial portion of the variance and was relatively consistent across ages for both groups. Analyses of the individual items and of both conceptually derived and empirically defined summary scores yielded no significant effects of lead. Furthermore, there were no systematic relationships between blood lead level and performance on the test. Correlation coefficients indicated more similarity across age for control monkeys than for lead-exposed monkeys suggesting that continuity of development, as measured by this test, was disrupted by lead. The relationship between outcome on these early assessments and later behavior will be explored in subsequent studies of these monkeys.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Behavior, Animal
/
Lead
/
Lead Poisoning
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Neurotoxicol Teratol
Journal subject:
NEUROLOGIA
/
TOXICOLOGIA
Year:
1999
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Estados Unidos