The effects of prenatal PCBs on adult social behavior in rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 73, Issue , 2015, Pages 47-55

  Reilly, Michael P ^a   Weeks, Connor D ^b   Topper, Viktoria Y ^a   Thompson, Lindsay M ^a   Crews, David ^a   Gore, Andrea C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

A1221; Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Nose touching; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Sexual dimorphism; Sociability; Social memory; Social novelty; Social recognition; Three chamber test

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR 1221; CORTICOSTERONE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AROCLOR; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL 3-BENZOATE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADRENAL GLAND WEIGHT; ADULT; ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY WEIGHT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTIS WEIGHT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; AROCLORS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTRADIOL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84933575885     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.06.002     Document Type: Article

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