Neonatal Bisphenol A exposure alters sexually dimorphic gene expression in the postnatal rat hypothalamus

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-36

  Cao, Jinyan ^a   Mickens, Jillian A ^a   McCaffrey, Katherine A ^a   Leyrer, Stephanie M ^a   Patisaul, Heather B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Development; Endocrine disruption; Estrogen receptor; Kisspeptin; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; KISSPEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; METASTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEDIOBASAL HYPOTHALAMUS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UPREGULATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HYPOTHALAMUS; KISSPEPTINS; MALE; PHENOLS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84856453549     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: 18729711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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