Bisphenol-A exposure during adolescence leads to enduring alterations in cognition and dendritic spine density in adult male and female rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 69, Issue , 2015, Pages 89-97

  Bowman, Rachel E ^a   Luine, Victoria ^b   Diaz Weinstein, Samantha ^a   Khandaker, Hameda ^b   DeWolf, Sarah ^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

Adolescence; Anxiety; Bisphenol A; Exploration; Memory; Spine density

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NON-SPATIAL MEMORY TEST; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; RAT; RECOGNITION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY TEST; SUCROSE PREFERENCE TEST; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VISUAL MEMORY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CELL COUNT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VISION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CELL COUNT; COGNITION; CORTICOSTERONE; DENDRITIC SPINES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; PHENOLS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84921770409     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.12.007     Document Type: Article

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