Prenatal exposure to low doses of the estrogenic chemicals diethylstilbestrol and o,p'-DDT alters aggressive behavior of male and female house mice

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 665-672

  Palanza, Paola ^a   Parmigiani, Stefano ^a   Liu, Huifen ^b   Saal, Frederick S Vom ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; DDT; DES; Endocrine disruptors; Environmental estrogens; House mouse; Reproductive organs

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLORO 2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; ESTROGEN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PREPUTIAL GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; DDT; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0032755087     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(99)00151-3     Document Type: Article

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