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Perinatal BPA exposure demasculinizes males in measures of affect but has no effect on water maze learning in adulthood.

Behavioral Endocrinology Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Canada.
Hormones and Behavior (impact factor: 3.87). 02/2012; 61(4):605-10. DOI:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.02.011 pp.605-10
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ABSTRACT Bisphenol A (BPA) is an endocrine disrupting agent that can alter the normal gonadal steroid-sensitive sexual differentiation of the brain and behavior. While reproductive behavior and physiology are known to be altered by perinatal exposure to this compound, less is known about BPA's effects on sex differences in learning and measures of affect. In order to evaluate the effects of perinatal BPA treatment on learning and affect in adulthood, we exposed rats to one of five doses of BPA through gestation and lactation then examined adult behavior in the Morris Water Maze (MWM), the Elevated Plus Maze (EPM) and the Forced Swim Test (FST). No effect of BPA was observed in the MWM, but on both the EPM and FST, low doses (5 μg/kg) of BPA eliminated sex differences found between controls; furthermore, a non-monotonic dose-response observed in previous studies was confirmed for these tasks. Overall, our study adds to the growing data suggesting that BPA interferes with the normal development of affective behaviors in a non-linear, dose-dependent manner.

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Keywords

adult behavior
 
affective behaviors
 
behavior
 
Bisphenol
 
BPA
 
BPA interferes
 
BPA's effects
 
dose-dependent manner
 
EPM
 
Forced Swim Test
 
growing data
 
lactation
 
Morris Water Maze
 
non-monotonic dose-response
 
normal development
 
normal gonadal steroid-sensitive sexual differentiation
 
perinatal BPA treatment
 
previous studies
 
reproductive behavior
 
sex differences
 

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