Sexually dimorphic effects of ancestral exposure to vinclozolin on stress reactivity in rats

Endocrinology (United States)

Volumn 155, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3853-3866

  Gillette, Ross ^a   Miller Crews, Isaac ^a   Nilsson, Eric E ^b   Skinner, Michael K ^b   Gore, Andrea C ^a   Crews, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME; FUNGICIDE; OXAZOLE DERIVATIVE; VINCLOZOLIN;

ADOLESCENCE; ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PHENOTYPE; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIALIZATION; STRESS; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TOXICITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; MALE; OXAZOLES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84906837560     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2014-1253     Document Type: Article

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