Differential gene expression patterns in developing sexually dimorphic rat brain regions exposed to antiandrogenic, estrogenic, or complex endocrine disruptor mixtures: Glutamatergic synapses as target

Endocrinology

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1477-1493

  Lichtensteiger, Walter ^a   Bassetti Gaille, Catherine ^a   Faass, Oliver ^a   Axelstad, Marta ^b   Boberg, Julie ^b   Christiansen, Sofie ^b   Rehrauer, Hubert ^a   Georgijevic, Jelena Kühn ^a   Hass, Ulla ^b   Kortenkamp, Andreas ^c   Schlumpf, Margret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 ETHYLHEXYL 4 METHOXYCINNAMATE; 3 (4 METHYLBENZYLIDENE)CAMPHOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 4 METHOXYCINNAMIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL ESTER; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ANTIANDROGEN; AROMATASE; BUTYL PARABEN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; EPOXICONAZOLE; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; LINURON; MESSENGER RNA; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PARACETAMOL; PROCHLORAZ; PROCYMIDONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCLOZOLIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SYNAPSE; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT; ZONA INCERTA; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREOPTIC AREA; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX FACTORS; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 84926500875     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2014-1504     Document Type: Article

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