Neonatal injections of methoxychlor decrease adult rat female reproductive behavior

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 809-813

  Bertolasio, Jennifer ^a   Fyfe, Susanne ^a   Snyder, Ben W ^a   Davis, Aline M ^a  

^a FRAMINGHAM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain differentiation; Lordosis; Pesticide

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; METHOXYCHLOR; SESAME SEED OIL;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; KERATINIZATION; LORDOSIS; MATING; METABOLITE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TOXICITY TESTING; VAGINA OPENING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; INSECTICIDES; METHOXYCHLOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; SESAMUM INDICUM;

EID: 80055096009     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: 18729711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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