Sex differences in the adult HPA axis and affective behaviors are altered by perinatal exposure to a low dose of bisphenol A

Brain Research

Volumn 1571, Issue , 2014, Pages 12-24

  Chen, Fang ^a   Zhou, Libin ^b   Bai, Yinyang ^a   Zhou, Rong ^b   Chen, Ling ^b  

^a Nanjing Medical University   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Affective behaviors; Bisphenol A; Glucocorticoid receptor; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Mineralocorticoid receptor

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TESTOSTERONE; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN BINDING PROTEIN; ESTROGEN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FORCED SWIM TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN FIELD TEST; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; AFFECT; AGE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DARK ADAPTATION; DRUG EFFECTS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SWIMMING;

AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CREB-BINDING PROTEIN; DARK ADAPTATION; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHENOLS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SWIMMING; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84903279325     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.05.010     Document Type: Article

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