Bisphenol A and phthalate endocrine disruption of parental and social behaviors

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Rosenfeld, Cheryl S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisphenol a; Brain development; EDC; Epigenetics; Neuropeptides; Phthalate; Rodent models; Xenoestrogen

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN; HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; OXYTOCIN; PHTHALIC ACID; PROLACTIN; STEROID HORMONE; STEROID RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE; VASOPRESSIN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN REGION; COPULATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GROOMING; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MATE CHOICE; MATERNAL CARE; NONHUMAN; NURSING; PAIR BONDING; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; REVIEW; RODENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84928028602     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00057     Document Type: Review

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