Perinatal exposure to low levels of the environmental antiandrogen vinclozolin alters sex-differentiated social play and sexual behaviors in the rat

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 700-707

  Colbert, Nathan K W ^a   Pelletier, Nicole C ^a   Cote, Joyce M ^a   Concannon, John B ^a   Jurdak, Nicole A ^a   Minott, Sara B ^a   Markowski, Vincent P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiandrogen; Penile reflexes; Prenatal exposure; Rat; Social play; Vinclozolin

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; FUNGICIDE; VINCLOZOLIN;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANUS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; FEMALE; GENITAL MALFORMATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLAY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOPATHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OXAZOLES; PENILE ERECTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 20844450758     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7509     Document Type: Article

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