Perinatal fenvalerate exposure: Behavioral and endocrinology changes in male rats

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 611-618

  Moniz, A C ^a   Cruz Casallas, P E ^b   Oliveira, C A ^a   Lucisano, A ^c   Florio, J C ^a   Nicolau, A A ^a   Spinosa, H S ^a   Bernardi, Maria Martha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b University los Llanos   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dopamine; GABA; Norepinephrine; Perinatal treatment; Pyrethroids; Sexual behavior; Sexual differentiation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; FENVALERATE; INSECTICIDE; NORADRENALIN; PYRETHROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BODY WEIGHT; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSECTICIDES; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NITRILES; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSTATE; PYRETHRINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMINAL VESICLES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0033200120     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(99)00004-5     Document Type: Article

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