Perinatal exposure to genistein affects the normal development of anxiety and aggressive behaviors and nitric oxide system in CD1 male mice

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 133, Issue , 2014, Pages 107-114

  Rodriguez Gomez, Alicia ^a   Filice, Federica ^a,b   Gotti, Stefano ^a   Panzica, GianCarlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Brain development; Nitric oxide synthase; Phytoestrogens

Indexed keywords

GENISTEIN; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHYTOESTROGEN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL AMYGDALA; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; AGE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; LACTATION; MAZE TEST; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENISTEIN; LACTATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PHYTOESTROGENS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84901822844     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.05.020     Document Type: Article

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