Effects of perinatal exposure to phthalate/adipate esters on hypothalamic gene expression and sexual behavior in rats

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 343-352

  Lee, Hwi Cheul ^a   Yamanouchi, Keitaro ^a   Nishihara, Masugi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adipate; Granulin; Hypothalamus; p130; Phthalate; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADIPIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GRANULIN PRECURSOR PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NOLC1 PROTEIN, RAT; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADIPIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

RATTUS;

EID: 33745536057     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.17096     Document Type: Article

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