Neonatal bisphenol-A exposure alters rat reproductive development and ovarian morphology without Impairing activation of gonadotropin-Releasing hormone neurons

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 690-699

  Adewale, Heather B ^a   Jefferson, Wendy N ^b   Newbold, Retha R ^b   Patisaul, Heather B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

AVPV; Corpora lutea; Development; Disruption; Endocrine Disruptors; ERa; ESR1; Estradiol; Estradiol receptor; Estrogen; Estrogen receptor; GnRH; Gonad; Hypothalamus; Lordosis; Neuroendocrinology; Ovary; PPT; Puberty

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; METABOLISM; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NEWBORN; OVARY; PATHOLOGY; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE CELLS; OVARY; PHENOLS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 74049083327     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.078261     Document Type: Article

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