Early exposure to low doses of atrazine affects behavior in juvenile and adult CD1 mice

Toxicology

Volumn 279, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 19-26

  Belloni, Virginia ^a,b   Dessì Fulgheri, Francesco ^b   Zaccaroni, Marco ^b   Di Consiglio, Emma ^a   De Angelis, Giovanna ^a   Testai, Emanuela ^a   Santochirico, Michela ^a   Alleva, Enrico ^a   Santucci, Daniela ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Atrazine; Behavior; Endocrine disruptors; Mice; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ATRAZINE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; GESTATION PERIOD; HORMONE METABOLISM; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HERBICIDES; LEARNING; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 78650006719     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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