Combined prenatal and postnatal butyl paraben exposure produces autism-like symptoms in offspring: Comparison with valproic acid autistic model

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 102-110

  Ali, Elham H A ^a   Elgoly, Amany H Mahmoud ^b  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR DRUG CONTROL AND RESEARCH NODCAR   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Autism; BDNF; Butyl paraben; Glutamate; Monoamines; Valproic acid

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID; ASPARAGINE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BUTYL PARABEN; DOPAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CEREBELLUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FRONTAL CORTEX; GESTATION PERIOD; HIPPOCAMPUS; LACTATION; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PONS; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WEANING;

RATTUS;

AUTISM; BDNF; BUTYL PARABEN; GLUTAMATE; MONOAMINES; VALPROIC ACID;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARABENS; PREGNANCY; RATS; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 84884623716     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: 18735177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2013.08.016     Document Type: Article

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