Brain circuit imprints of developmental 17α-Ethinylestradiol exposure in guppies (Poecilia reticulata): Persistent effects on anxiety but not on reproductive behaviour

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 282-290

  Volkova, Kristina ^a,b   Reyhanian, Nasim ^a,b   Kot Wasik, Agata ^c   Olsén, Håkan ^a   Porsch Hällström, Inger ^a   Hallgren, Stefan ^a  

^a School of Life Sciences Södertörn University   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Embryonic exposure; Endocrine disruption; Sexual dimorphism; Stress behaviour; Xeno estrogens

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL STRESS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUPPY; HISTOLOGY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MENTAL TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING;

EID: 84863217808     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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