Effects of perinatal exposure to bisphenol A on brain neurotransmitters in female rat offspring

Industrial Health

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 510-524

  Honma, Takeshi ^a   Miyagawa, Muneyuki ^a   Suda, Megumi ^a   Wang, Rui Sheng ^a   Kobayashi, Kenichi ^a   Sekiguchi, Soichiro ^a  

^a NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Bisphenol A; Brain; Dopamine; IGS rat; Neurotransmitters; Offspring; Perinatal exposure; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; MONOAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GESTATIONAL AGE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PERINATAL PERIOD; RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 33747441126     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.44.510     Document Type: Article

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