A Single Neonatal Injection of Ethinyl Estradiol Impairs Passive Avoidance Learning and Reduces Expression of Estrogen Receptor α in the Hippocampus and Cortex of Adult Female Rats.

Although perinatal exposure of female rats to estrogenic compounds produces irreversible changes in brain function, it is still unclear how the amount and timing of exposure to those substances affect learning function, or if exposure alters estrogen receptor α (ERα) expression in the hippocampus an...

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Main Authors: Tatsuomi Shiga, Takahiro J Nakamura, Chiaki Komine, Yoshikuni Goto, Yasushi Mizoguchi, Midori Yoshida, Yasuhiko Kondo, Maiko Kawaguchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4712149?pdf=render