Prenatal bisphenol a exposure and dysregulation of infant hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function: findings from the APrON cohort study

Prenatal bisphenol a exposure and dysregulation of infant hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function: findings from the APrON cohort study

Abstract Background Animal models show that prenatal bisphenol A (BPA) exposure leads to sexually dimorphic disruption of the neuroendocrine system in offspring, including the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) neuroendocrine system, but human data are lacking. In humans, prenatal BPA exposure is...

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Main Authors: Gerald F Giesbrecht, Maede Ejaredar, Jiaying Liu, Jenna Thomas, Nicole Letourneau, Tavis Campbell, Jonathan W Martin, Deborah Dewey, the APrON Study Team
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:Environmental Health
Subjects:
Bisphenol-A
Fetal exposure
Cortisol
Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
Infant stress reactivity
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12940-017-0259-8

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