Effects of pre- and neonatal exposure to bisphenol A on murine brain development

Brain and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 352-356

  Tando, So ^a   Itoh, Kyoko ^a   Yaoi, Takeshi ^a   Ikeda, Jun ^a   Fujiwara, Yasuhiro ^a   Fushiki, Shinji ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A (BPA); Calbindin D28K; Calretinin; Cerebral cortex; Parvalbumin; Substantia nigra; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; PARVALBUMIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX FACTORS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 34247576128     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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