Evidence to suggest glutamic acid involvement in Bisphenol A effect at the hypothalamic level in prepubertal male rats

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 512-516

  Cardoso, Nancy ^a   Pandolfi, Matías ^a   Ponzo, Osvaldo ^a   Carbone, Silvia ^b   Szwarcfarb, Berta ^b   Scacchi, Pablo ^a,b   Reynoso, Roxana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; FSH; Glutamic acid; Gn RH; LH; Prepubertal

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; FOLLITROPIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; RAT;

EID: 77957882381     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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