Disrupted organization of RFamide pathways in the hypothalamus is associated with advanced puberty in female rats neonatally exposed to bisphenol A

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Losa Ward, Sandra M ^a   Todd, Karina L ^a   McCaffrey, Katherine A ^a   Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^b   Patisaul, Heather B ^a,c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c W M Keck Center for Behavioral Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptor; Kisspeptin; Puberty; RFRP

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RFAMIDE RELATED PEPTIDE 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; KISSPEPTINS; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDES; PHENOLS; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; RATS; RATS, TRANSGENIC; RATS, WISTAR; VAGINA;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84869437067     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.112.100826     Document Type: Article

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