Sex-specific epigenetic disruption and behavioral changes following low-dose in utero bisphenol a exposure

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 9956-9961

  Kundakovic, Marija ^a   Gudsnuk, Kathryn ^a   Franks, Becca ^a   Madrid, Jesus ^a   Miller, Rachel L ^b   Perera, Frederica P ^b   Champagne, Frances A ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental; Fetal origin of adult disease

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ENVIRONMENTAL; FETAL ORIGIN OF ADULT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

MUS;

EID: 84878997362     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1214056110     Document Type: Article

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