Perinatal exposure to di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate affects anxiety- and depression-like behaviors in mice

Chemosphere

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 22-31

  Xu, Xiaohong ^a   Yang, Yanling ^a   Wang, Ran ^a   Wang, Yu ^a   Ruan, Qin ^a   Lu, Yang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Anxiety; Depression; Di (2 ethylhexyl) phthalate; Estrogen receptor

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; ESTERS; LIGHT SOURCES; MAMMALS;

ANDROGEN RECEPTORS; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DI(2-ETHYLHEXYL)PHTHALATE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; DI (2 ETHYLHEXYL)PHTHALATE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; POLLUTANT;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BRAIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HORMONE; MOBILITY; ODOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOWN REGULATION; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORCED SWIM TEST; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; LACTATION; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SEXUAL MATURATION; TOXICITY;

MUS;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEPRESSION; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 84922679623     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.10.056     Document Type: Article

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