Adolescent bisphenol-A exposure decreases dendritic spine density: Role of sex and age

Synapse

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 498-507

  Bowman, Rachel E ^a   Luine, Victoria ^b   Khandaker, Hameda ^b   Villafane, Joseph J ^a   Frankfurt, Maya ^c  

^a SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Hippocampus; Medial prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; CORTICOSTERONE; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; BONE DENSITY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; AGE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CORTICOSTERONE; DENDRITIC SPINES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; MALE; PHENOLS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84908540209     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: 10982396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.21758     Document Type: Article

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