Sexually Dimorphic Nonreproductive Behaviors as Indicators of Endocrine Disruption

• Published in: Environmental health perspectives Vol. 110; no. suppl 3; pp. 387 - 391
• Main Author: Weiss, Bernard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. National Institutes of Health. Department of Health, Education and Welfare 01.06.2002
• Subjects: Animals; Behavior, Animal - drug effects; Brain - drug effects; Brain - growth & development; Chemical hazards; Conditioning, Operant; Dosage; Dose response relationship; Endocrine Disruption by Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Dioxins; Endocrine System - drug effects; Endpoint Determination; Environmental Pollutants - adverse effects; Female; Gonadal hormones; Male; Male animals; Mazes; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polychlorinated Biphenyls - adverse effects; Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins - adverse effects; Rats; Reproduction; Risk Assessment; Sex Characteristics; Sex linked differences; Toxicity Tests - methods

Measures of cognitive and other behaviors not specifically related to reproduction are often sex-linked. Males and females perform differently on many tasks and often interact with members of their species in dissimilar ways. If such differences are diminished, reversed, or widened by prenatal chemi...