Low oral doses of bisphenol A increase volume of the sexually dimorphic nucleus of the preoptic area in male, but not female, rats at postnatal day 21

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 331-337

  He, Zhen ^a   Paule, Merle G ^a   Ferguson, Sherry A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Calbindin D28K; Ethinyl estradiol; Perinatal oral exposure; Sexually dimorphic nucleus

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; CALBINDIN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC NUCLEUS OF THE PREOPTIC AREA VOLUME; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84861714740     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: 18729738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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