Effects of perinatal daidzein exposure on subsequent behavior and central estrogen receptor α expression in the adult male mouse

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 157-167

  Yu, Chengjun ^a,b   Tai, Fadao ^a   Zeng, Shuangyan ^a   Zhang, Xia ^c  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NINGXIA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Daidzein; Estrogen receptor ; Memory; Social behaviors; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

DAIDZEIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL LEARNING; STRIA TERMINALIS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOFLAVONES; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84872826431     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: 18784216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2012.12.015     Document Type: Article

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