Effects of maternal chlorpyrifos diet on social investigation and brain neuroendocrine markers in the offspring - A mouse study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Venerosi, Aldina ^a   Tait, Sabrina ^a   Stecca, Laura ^a   Chiarotti, Flavia ^a   De Felice, Alessia ^a   Cometa, Maria Francesca ^a   Volpe, Maria Teresa ^a   Calamandrei, Gemma ^a   Ricceri, Laura ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Estrogen receptor alpha; Estrogen receptor beta; Organophosphates; Oxytocin; Oxytocin receptor; Prenatal exposure; Social responsiveness; Vasopressin; Vasopressin receptor 1a

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CHLORPYRIFOS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPHYSIN; NEUROPHYSIN 1; NEUROPHYSIN 2; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR 1 ALPHA; VASOPRESSIN V1A RECEPTOR; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; INSECTICIDE;

BRAIN; CHLORPYRIFOS; DIET; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; HOMEOSTASIS; MATERNAL EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RODENT; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CD-1 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LACTATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RECOGNITION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL RECOGNITION TEST; AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; CHLORPYRIFOS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MICE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84930650865     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12940-015-0019-6     Document Type: Article

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