Perinatal exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin alters activity-dependent expression of BDNF mRNA in the neocortex and male rat sexual behavior in adulthood

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 207-217

  Kakeyama, Masaki ^a,b   Sone, Hideko ^a,b   Miyabara, Yuichi ^a,b,c   Tohyama, Chiharu ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2,3,7,8 Tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin; BDNF; C fos; Frontal cortex; Preoptic area; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DIOXIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN C FOS;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LACTATION; MALE; MATING; NEOCORTEX; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; POA;

EID: 0344838530     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-813X(02)00214-0     Document Type: Article

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