Sex-specific Esr2 mRNA expression in the rat hypothalamus and amygdala is altered by neonatal bisphenol A exposure

Reproduction

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 537-554

  Cao, Jinyan ^a   Joyner, Linwood ^a   Mickens, Jillian A ^a   Leyrer, Stephanie M ^a   Patisaul, Heather B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL 3-BENZOATE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BED NUCLEUS OF THE STRIA TERMINALIS; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; HABENULA; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LATERAL HABENULA; MALE; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUPER OPTIC NUCLEUS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LONG EVANS RAT; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; TOXICITY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; PHENOLS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84896371569     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-13-0501     Document Type: Article

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