Maternal and offspring toxicity but few sexually dimorphic behavioral alterations result from nonylphenol exposure

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 583-591

  Ferguson, Sherry A ^a   Flynn, Katherine M ^a   Delclos, K Barry ^a   Newbold, Retha R ^b  

^a National Center for Toxicology Research   (United States)

^b Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Endocrine disruptor; Nonylphenol; Sodium intake

Indexed keywords

NONYLPHENOL; SACCHARIN; SODIUM; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR TERATOLOGY; CHEMICAL TERATOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PLAY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EATING; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0342954999     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(00)00071-4     Document Type: Article

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