Title: neurobehavior core test battery
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - neurobehavior core test battery
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.11925
Status: current

Definition
A set of seven tests, recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1983, to detect neurotoxicity in human populations

Note
The battery consists of digit symbol, digit span, pursuit aiming, Benton visual memory, simple reaction time, Santa Ana dexterity, and profile of mood states tests.

Related Terms
- Benton visual memory: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/11636
- Santa Ana dexterity: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/12061
- digit span: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/11717
- digit symbol: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/11718
- neurotoxicity: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/11948
- profile of mood states tests: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/12021
- pursuit aiming: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/12034
- simple reaction time: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/12076

Source
- PAC, 2015, 87, 841. 'IUPAC Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)' on page 887 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0103)

Other Outputs
- html: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11925/html
- json: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11925/json
- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11925/xml

Citation: Citation: 'neurobehavior core test battery' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.11925
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