Prenatal prochloraz treatment significantly increases pregnancy length and reduces offspring weight but does not affect social-olfactory memory in rats

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  • Oksana Dmytriyeva
  • Boris Klementiev
  • Vladimir Berezin
  • Elisabeth Bock
Metabolites of the commonly used imidazole fungicide prochloraz are androgen receptor antagonists. They have been shown to block androgen-driven development and compromise reproductive function. We tested the effect of prochloraz on cognitive behavior following exposure to this fungicide during the perinatal period. Pregnant Wistar rats were administered a 200mg/kg dose of prochloraz on gestational day (GD) 7, GD11, and GD15. The social recognition test (SRT) was performed on 7-week-old male rat offspring. We found an increase in pregnancy length and a significantly reduced pup weight on PND15 and PND40 but no effect of prenatal prochloraz exposure on social investigation or acquisition of social-olfactory memory.
Original languageEnglish
JournalExperimental and Toxicologic Pathology
Volume65
Issue number5
Pages (from-to)591–593
Number of pages5
ISSN0940-2993
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

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