Gestational exposure to bisphenol a produces transgenerational changes in behaviors and gene expression

Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3828-3838

  Wolstenholme, Jennifer T ^a   Edwards, Michelle ^a   Shetty, Savera R J ^a   Gatewood, Jessica D ^a   Taylor, Julia A ^b   Rissman, Emilie F ^a   Connelly, Jessica J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN; PHYTOESTROGEN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; MATING; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84864387145     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2012-1195     Document Type: Article

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