Sex-specific alterations of cerebral cortical cell size in rats exposed prenatally to dioxin

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-34

  Hojo, Rieko ^a,b   Zareba, Grazyna ^a   Kai, Joshua W ^a   Baggs, Raymond B ^a   Weiss, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell size; Cerebral cortex; Cortical lateralization; Dioxin; Prenatal exposure; Rat; TCDD

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS; TERATOGENS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 31644444571     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1101     Document Type: Article

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