Increased volume of the calbindin D28k-labeled sexually dimorphic hypothalamus in genistein and nonylphenol-treated male rats

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 570-576

  Scallet, A C ^a   Divine, R L ^b   Newbold, R R ^c   Delclos, K B ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D reconstruction; Calcium binding proteins; Endocrine disrupters; Estrogens; Hypothalamus; Medial preoptic nucleus; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; GENISTEIN; NONYLPHENOL; PHYTOESTROGEN; PLASTIC; SURFACTANT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TOXICITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; LIFESPAN; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; COLORING AGENTS; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; GENISTEIN; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PHENOLS; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 10044289320     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfh297     Document Type: Article

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