The role of Bisphenol A in shaping the brain, epigenome and behavior

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 296-305

  Wolstenholme, Jennifer T ^a   Rissman, Emilie F ^a   Connelly, Jessica J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; DNA methylation; Endocrine disrupting compound; Epigenetics; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; EPIGENOME; GENOME; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; URINE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 79952696488     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.10.001     Document Type: Review

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