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Animal Models in Behavioural Toxicology and Teratology

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Recent Developments in Toxicology: Trends, Methods and Problems

Part of the book series: Archives of Toxicology ((TOXICOLOGY,volume 14))

Abstract

Behavioural toxicology and teratology is generally classified as being a subdiscipline of neurotoxicology. While the nervous system is indeed the most important organ involved in behaviour, there are others, and one should regard the study of behaviour rather as a holistic approach to functional aspects of biology. In this respect, the problem of laboratory animal behaviour serving as model for human behaviour is an important one and has to be solved.

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  1. Institute of Toxicology, Swiss Federal Institute for Technology, University of Zurich, CH-8603, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland

    R. Lederer, J. Elsner & G. Zbinden

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  1. Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland

    Philip L. Chambers  & Claire M. Chambers  & 

  2. Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Universität Leipzig, Universitätsbereich Medizin, Härtelstraße 16-18, O-7010, Leipzig, Germany

    Wolf Diether Wiezorek

  3. Veterinärmedizinische Fakultät, Institut für Pharmakologie, Pharmazie und Toxikologie, Universität Leipzig, Zwickauer Straße 55, O-7010, Leipzig, Germany

    Siegfried Golbs

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Lederer, R., Elsner, J., Zbinden, G. (1991). Animal Models in Behavioural Toxicology and Teratology. In: Chambers, P.L., Chambers, C.M., Wiezorek, W.D., Golbs, S. (eds) Recent Developments in Toxicology: Trends, Methods and Problems. Archives of Toxicology, vol 14. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74936-0_3

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