Perinatal exposure to low-dose bisphenol A affects the neuroendocrine stress response in rats

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 207-218

  Panagiotidou, Emily ^a   Zerva, Sophia ^b   Mitsiou, Dimitra J ^b   Alexis, Michael N ^b   Kitraki, Efthymia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex; Bisphenol A; Glucocorticoid receptor; HPA axis; Rat

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX; BISPHENOL A; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HPA AXIS; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CORTICOSTERONE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOLS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84894384265     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JOE-13-0416     Document Type: Article

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