Developmental effects of perinatal exposure to PBDE and PCB on gene expression in sexually dimorphic rat brain regions and female sexual behavior

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 232-241

  Faass, Oliver ^a   Ceccatelli, Raffaella ^a   Schlumpf, Margret ^a   Lichtensteiger, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Developmental toxicity; Mammals; PBDE; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHILIN A; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; PREPROENKEPHALIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ZONA INCERTA;

EID: 84878906490     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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