PSYCHOTROPIC-DRUGS AS BEHAVIORAL TERATOGENS

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作者
VORHEES, CV [1 ]
BRUNNER, RL [1 ]
BUTCHER, RE [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CINCINNATI,COLL MED,CINCINNATI,OH 45221
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10.1126/science.472738
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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Three psychotropic drugs were administered to pregnant rats and were then evaluated for their behavioral and reproductive effects in the offspring. Control rats received either saline or vitamin A. Prochlorperazine had the most disruptive effects on reproduction and growth, but had the least effect on behavior. Propoxyphene had no apparent effects on reproduction or growth, but produced a variety of behavioral changes. Fenfluramine was intermediate in its effects on reproduction and growth and had behavioral effects that were revealed in tests of preweaning development. The data suggest that systematic tests of behavior add important information to evaluations of reproductive toxicity that cannot, at present, be obtained by other means. Copyright © 1979 AAAS.
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