Abolition of sex-dependent effects of prenatal exposure to diethylstilbestrol on emotional behavior in estrogen receptor-α knockout mice

NeuroReport

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1169-1173

  Tomihara, Kazuya ^a,d   Kaitsuka, Taku ^a   Soga, Tomoko ^d   Korach, Kenneth S ^e   Pfaff, Donald W ^d   Takahama, Kazuo ^b   Ogawa, Sonoko ^c,d  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Emotion; Estrogenic endocrine disruptors; Knockout mouse; Light dark transition test; Open field test

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; EMOTIONS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33745909141     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnr.0000224771.82151.77     Document Type: Article

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