Organizational effects of DDE on brain vasotocin system in male Japanese quail

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 479-484

  Mura, Elena ^a   Barale, Cristina ^a   Quinn Jr , Michael J ^b   Panzica, GianCarlo ^a,c   Ottinger, Mary Ann ^d   Viglietti Panzica, Carla ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^c National Institute of Neuroscience (INN)   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Coturnix japonica; DDE; Japanese quail; Lateral septum; Medial preoptic nucleus; Sexual behavior; Vasotocin

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ARGIPRESTOCIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTURNIX; DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; GIANT NERVE CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; JAPANESE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COPULATION; COTURNIX; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; TIME FACTORS; VASOTOCIN;

AVES; COTURNIX JAPONICA;

EID: 67349198650     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2009.01.012     Document Type: Article

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