Neurobehavioral toxicity of cadmium sulfate to the planarian Dugesia dorotocephala

Journal Article · Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991 · Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01689959· OSTI ID:7066292

Grebe, E; Schaeffer, D J ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Illinois, Urbana (United States)

The authors are developing bioassays which use planarians (free-living platyhelminthes) for the rapid determination of various types of toxicity, including acute mortality, tumorigenicity, and short-term neurobehavioral responses. Their motivation for using these animals is due to their importance as components of the aquatic ecology of unpolluted streams their sensitivity to low concentrations of environmental toxicants and the presence of a sensitive neurological system with a true brain which allows for complex social behavior. A previous paper described the results of a neurobehavioral bioassay using phenol in a crossover study. This paper reports a similar crossover study using cadmium sulfate.

• OSTI ID: 7066292
• Journal Information: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (United States), Vol. 46:5; ISSN 0007-4861
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
CADMIUM SULFATES
TOXICITY
PLANARIA
POPULATION DYNAMICS
BEHAVIOR
WATER POLLUTION
CADMIUM COMPOUNDS
HELMINTHS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLATYHELMINTHS
POLLUTION
SULFATES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
TURBELLARIA
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