The effects of bisphenol A on emotional behavior depend upon the timing of exposure, age and gender in mice

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 598-605

  Gioiosa, Laura ^a   Parmigiani, Stefano ^a   vom Saal, Frederick S ^b   Palanza, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Behavior; Development; Endocrine disruptors; Exploration; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR;

ADULTHOOD; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; POSTNATAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; EMOTIONS; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; RISK-TAKING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84876496447     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.02.016     Document Type: Article

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