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. 2012 Mar 8;15(2):109–184. doi: 10.1080/10937404.2012.645142

TABLE 9A.

Learning and memory (rat oral corn oil)

Magnitude of Dose Tested mg/kg-day
Author Test Age and Route of Exposure Age Testing Sample Size per Dose Level (Yes/No litter is unit) Measure 0.3 1 3 5
Maurissen et al., 2000 Spatial delayed alternation GD 6-PND10 PND 22–24 N=16 litters; 1 male OR 1 female pup per litter from 16 litters % correct 0b 0 0
a85% free-feeding weight acquisition 0 0 0
retention 0 0 0
Blind Oral, corn oil PND 61–90 Yes, litter is unit % correct 0 0 0
No feed restrction a 85% free-feeding bodyweight acquisition 0 0 0
retention 0 0 0
Incremental dose regimen 1 1, 2 & 4c 1.5, 3 & 6d
Johnson et al., 2009 Radial arm maze PND1–21 PND36–60 Within-litter design for methyl-parathion and chlorpyrifos doses Working errors analyzed by week M↑e F0 M↑e F0 M↑ F0
Not Blind Oral, corn oil agradual 95–90—80% of feed Yes, litter is unit Working error overall M0 F0 M0 F0 M↑ F0
N=10–14 rats/sex/dose group Reference errors analyzed by week M0F0 M0 F↓ M↑ F↓
Gradual feed reduction (95%–90% to 80% over 4 weeks Reference errors cumulative M0 F0 M0 F↓ M↑ F↓
Response time (seconds per entry) 0 0 0
a

Animals were feed restricted based on free-feeding weight or amount of feed

b

Entries without “M” and/or “F” indicate analyses was based on pooling data for males and females

c

Incremental dosing regimen from 1.0 (PND1–5) to 2.0 (PND6–13) to 4.0 (PND14–20) mg/kg-day

d

Incremental dosing regimen from 1.5 (PND1–5) to 3.0 (PND6–13) to 6.0 (PND14–20) mg/kg-day

e

Increase errors (3.2 vs. 2.7 in controls approximated from graph) during 4th week but not first 3 weeks. No overall effect on total working errors at low and mid dose

*

If statistical analyses or measures were described in methods, it was included and listed as “0” if not reported to be statistically significant