Persistent overexpression of DNA methyltransferase 1 attenuating GABAergic inhibition in basolateral amygdala accounts for anxiety in rat offspring exposed perinatally to low-dose bisphenol A

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1535-1544

  Zhou, Rong ^a   Chen, Fang ^a   Chang, Fei ^a   Bai, Yinyang ^a   Chen, Ling ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anxiety; BLA; BPA; DNMT1; Epigenetic; GABAergic dysinhibition; GAD67

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; 5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; MESSENGER RNA; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANXIETY; BLA; BPA; DNMT1; EPIGENETIC; GABAERGIC DYSINHIBITION; GAD67;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; INDOLIZINES; MALE; METHIONINE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PHENOLS; PICROTOXIN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84881543031     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2013.05.013     Document Type: Article

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