Antiandrogenic effect of perinatal exposure to the endocrine disruptor di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate increases anxiety-like behavior in male rats during sexual maturation

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 692-699

  Carbone, S ^b,c   Ponzo, O J ^a   Gobetto, N ^a   Samaniego, Y A ^a   Reynoso, R ^a   Scacchi, P ^b   Moguilevsky, J A ^c   Cutrera, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

^c FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antiandrogenic effect; Anxiety; Behavior; Elevated Plus Maze; LH; Male rats; Phthalate; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84878254418     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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