Hormonal interactions in the effects of halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons on the developing brain

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-208

  Maclusky, Neil J ^a   Brown, Theodore J ^a   Schantz, Susan ^b   Woun Seo, Byung ^b   Peterson, Richard E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

arylhydrocarbons; brain; development; glucocorticoids; sexual differentiation; steroid receptors

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CORTICOSTEROID RECEPTOR; DIOXIN; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; SEX HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; MALE; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; RATS; SEROTONIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THYROID HORMONES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031973648     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074823379801400112     Document Type: Article

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