Endocrine Abstracts

We are living in the electronic era and day to day exposed by estrogenic disruptors such as Bisphenol-A (BPA). Electronic gadgets such as cellular phones, CDs, DVDs, RFIDs even baby feeding bottles are made with composition of BPA and their huge application are matter of debate in present. The chronic exposures of BPA have become a major health concern. In this study we assessed the neurobehavioral alterations caused by BPA in the rats. We examined the neurobehavioral changes ...

Introduction: The incidence of adrenal insufficiency in cases of unexplained death in young children is unclear. It is also unclear whether there is a relationship between adrenal size and plasma cortisol concentration.Methods: All post-mortem (PM) reports of sudden deaths in children in the West of Scotland between 2010 and 2012 were retrospectively analysed. Combined adrenal weight (g) was recorded and expressed as the percentage of total body weight (...