Exposure to bisphenol-A affects fear memory and histone acetylation of the hippocampus in adult mice

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 106-113

  Zhang, Qin ^a   Xu, Xiaohong ^a,b   Li, Tao ^a   Lu, Yang ^a   Ruan, Qin ^a   Lu, Yingjun ^a   Wang, Qinwen ^b   Dong, Fangni ^a   Yang, Yanling ^a   Zhang, Guangxia ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Extracellular regulated protein kinases (ERK1 2); Fear conditioning; Histone acetylation

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; HISTONE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 2; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTONE ACETYLATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BISPHENOL-A; EXTRACELLULAR REGULATED PROTEIN KINASES (ERK1/2); FEAR CONDITIONING; HISTONE ACETYLATION;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTONES; MALE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PHENOLS; PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 84892152837     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.12.004     Document Type: Article

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