Perinatal BPA exposure demasculinizes males in measures of affect but has no effect on water maze learning in adulthood

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 605-610

  Jones, Bryan A ^a   Watson, Neil V ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Androgen; Bisphenol A; Dose response; Elevated Plus Maze; Emotional responses; Estrogen; Forced Swim Test; Rat; Sex differences; Water maze

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL;

ADULTHOOD; AFFECT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMASCULINIZATION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; LACTATION; LEARNING; MALE; MASCULINITY; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEPRESSION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SWIMMING;

EID: 84859101634     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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