Gestational exposure to low dose bisphenol a alters social behavior in juvenile mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Wolstenholme, Jennifer T ^a   Taylor, Julia A ^b   Shetty, Savera R J ^a   Edwards, Michelle ^a   Connelly, Jessica J ^a   Rissman, Emilie F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; MESSENGER RNA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNMT1 GENE; DNMT3A GENE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GROOMING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLC1A1 GENE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BLOOD; BRAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

MUS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80053240801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025448     Document Type: Article

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