Prenatal bisphenol a exposure alters sex-specific estrogen receptor expression in the neonatal rat hypothalamus and amygdala

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 157-173

  Cao, Jinyan ^a   Rebuli, Meghan E ^a   Rogers, James ^a   Todd, Karina L ^a   Leyrer, Stephanie M ^a   Ferguson, Sherry A ^b   Patisaul, Heather B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Development; Endocrine disruption; Endocrine disruptor; Ethinyl estradiol.; Hypothalamus; Sexually dimorphic

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ETHINYLESTRADIOL;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84876810157     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kft035     Document Type: Article

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