Sex-specific effects of bisphenol-A on memory and synaptic structural modification in hippocampus of adult mice

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 766-775

  Xu, Xiaohong ^a   Liu, Xingyi ^a   Zhang, Qin ^a   Zhang, Guangxia ^a   Lu, Yingjun ^a   Ruan, Qin ^a   Dong, Fangni ^a   Yang, Yanling ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Learning and memory; PSD 95; Synaptic structure

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; SYNAPSIN I;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN REGION; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; GUANYLATE KINASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMORY; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHENOLS; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SEX FACTORS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPSINS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84878255349     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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