Low doses of 17α-ethinyl estradiol alter the maternal brain and induce stereotypies in CD-1 mice exposed during pregnancy and lactation

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 73, Issue , 2017, Pages 20-29

  Catanese, Mary C ^a   Vandenberg, Laura N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptor; Low dose effects; Maternal behavior; Obsessive compulsive; Open field; Pup retrieval; Stereotypy; Xenoestrogen

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CD-1 MOUSE; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LACTATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBSESSION; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; STEREOTYPY; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WEANING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECT; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICE; PREGNANCY; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 85026735047     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: 18731708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2017.07.007     Document Type: Article

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