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ReviewHormones and behavior2019

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals: Effects on neuroendocrine systems and the neurobiology of social behavior.

Andrea C Gore, Krittika Krishnan, Michael P Reilly

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Review in Hormones and behavior, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
54citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 141 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andrea C GoreDivision of Pharmacology and Toxicology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA; Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA. Electronic address: andrea.gore@austin.utexas.edu.
Krittika KrishnanDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Michael P ReillyDivision of Pharmacology and Toxicology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
The University of Texas at Austin · US

Funding

Ancestral Exposures/Modern Responses to EDCsR01ES023254 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI CREWS, DAVID P, GORE, ANDREA C · 2013 to 2017
$1.9M
Sexually dimorphic effects of endocrine disruptors on brain & behaviorR01ES020662 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI CREWS, DAVID P, GORE, ANDREA C · 2011 to 2015
$1.8M
Sexually dimorphic effects of endocrine disruptors on brain and behaviorR56ES020662 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI CREWS, DAVID P, GORE, ANDREA C · 2017 to 2017
$297k
NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES020662NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES023254NIEHS NIH HHS R56 ES020662
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A contribution to SBN/ICN special issue. Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are pervasive in the environment. They are found in plastics and plasticizers (bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalates), in industrial chemicals such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and include some pesticides and fungicides such as vinclozolin. These chemicals act on hormone receptors and their downstream signaling pathways, and can interfere with hormone synthesis, metabolism, and actions. Because the developing brain is particularly sensitive to endogenous hormones, disruptions by EDCs can change neural circuits that form during periods of brain organization. Here, we review the evidence that EDCs affect developing hypothalamic neuroendocrine systems, and change behavioral outcomes in juvenile, adolescent, and adult life in exposed individuals, and even in their descendants. Our focus is on social, communicative and sociosexual behaviors, as how an individual behaves with a same- or opposite-sex conspecific determines that individual's ability to exist in a community, be selected as a mate, and reproduce successfully.

Indexed as

Social BehaviorAdolescentAdultAnimalsChildEndocrine DisruptorsEnvironmental PollutantsHumansNervous SystemNervous System Physiological PhenomenaNeurosecretory SystemsReproductionEndocrine DisruptorsEnvironmental PollutantsAroclor 1221BPAEndocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs)Gene expressionHypothalamusPhthalatePolychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)Sex differenceSocial behaviorSociosexual behaviorTransgenerationalUltrasonic vocalizationVinclozolin

Identifiers

PMID30476496
PMCPMC6527472
OpenAlexW2903424844

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