Chronic exposure to benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP) alters social interaction and fear conditioning in male adult rats: Alterations in amygdalar MeCP2, ERK1/2 and ERα

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 347-358

  Betz, Adrienne J ^a   Jayatilaka, Sahani ^a   Joshi, Jugal ^a   Ramanan, Sriram ^a   Debartolo, Danielle ^a   Pylypiw, Harry ^a   Franke, Emerson ^a  

^a QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Endocrine disruption; Fear conditioning; Hormone; MeCP2; Phthalates; Sociability

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER;

ADOLESCENCE; ADULTHOOD; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN TISSUE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FOOD INTAKE; HOMEOSTASIS; LEARNING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MEMORY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PARTICULATE MATTER; RAT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 84884925067     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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