Long-term effects of delayed fatherhood in mice on postnatal development and behavioral traits of offspring

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 337-342

  García Palomares, Silvia ^a   Pertusa, José F ^a   Miñarro, José ^a   García Pérez, Miguel A ^a,b   Hermenegildo, Carlos ^a,b   Rausell, Francisco ^a   Cano, Antonio ^a   Tarín, Juan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Delayed fatherhood; Gamete biology; Long term effects; Offspring

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PATERNAL AGE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHTING REFLEX; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REFLEX; REPRODUCTION;

MUS;

EID: 59949093273     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.072066     Document Type: Article

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