Prenatal and lactational exposure to bisphenol a in mice alters expression of genes involved in cortical barrel development without morphological changes

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-33

  Han, Longzhe ^a   Itoh, Kyoko ^a   Yaoi, Takeshi ^a   Moriwaki, Sanzo ^a   Kato, Shingo ^a   Nakamura, Keiko ^a   Fushiki, Shinji ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barrel; Barrelette; Barreloid; Bisphenol A; Endocrine disrupting chemicals

Indexed keywords

MUS;

EID: 79952214536     PISSN: 00445991     EISSN: 13475800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.10042     Document Type: Article

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