Long-term effects on hypothalamic neuropeptides after developmental exposure to chlorpyrifos in mice

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 112-116

  Tait, Sabrina ^a   Ricceri, Laura ^a   Venerosi, Aldina ^a   Maranghi, Francesca ^a   Mantovani, Alberto ^a   Calamandrei, Gemma ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arginine vasopressin; Developmental neurotoxicity; Endocrine disruptors; Organophosphorus insecticides; Oxytocin; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; CHLORPYRIFOS; NEUROPEPTIDE; OXYTOCIN; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHLORPYRIFOS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSECTICIDES; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MICE; NEUROPEPTIDES; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; MAMMALIA; MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 60749132199     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11696     Document Type: Article

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