Elevated blood pressure in offspring of rats exposed to diverse chemicals during pregnancy

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 436-446

  Rogers, John M ^a   Ellis Hutchings, Robert G ^b   Grey, Brian E ^a   Zucker, Robert M ^a   Norwood Jr , Joel ^a   Grace, Curtis E ^c   Gordon, Christopher J ^a   Lau, Christopher ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^c Covance Laboratories ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

DOHaD; Fetal physiology; Fetal programming; Maternal stress; Maternal toxicity

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ATRAZINE; CORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; NICOTINE; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID;

ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MATERNAL STRESS; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; RAT; TAIL CUFF PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; TELEMETRY; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

DOHAD; FETAL PHYSIOLOGY; FETAL PROGRAMMING; MATERNAL STRESS.; MATERNAL TOXICITY;

ALDOSTERONE; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEPHRONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 84893350872     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kft248     Document Type: Article

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