Effects of genistein in the maternal diet on reproductive development and spatial learning in male rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 313-322

  Ball, Evan R ^a   Caniglia, Mary Kay ^a   Wilcox, Jenna L ^a   Overton, Karla A ^a   Burr, Marra J ^a   Wolfe, Brady D ^a   Sanders, Brian J ^a   Wisniewski, Amy B ^b   Wrenn, Craige C ^a  

^a DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anogenital distance; Genistein; Phytoestrogen; Spatial learning; Water maze

Indexed keywords

GENISTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY MASS; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GESTATION PERIOD; LACTATION; LEARNING; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; DIET; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEAR; FEMALE; GENISTEIN; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; LACTATION; LEARNING; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; PHYTOESTROGENS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 77649191651     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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