In vivo testing of the functional integrity of the corticosterone- producing axis in mudpuppy (amphibia) exposed to chlorinated hydrocarbons in the wild

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1694-1706

  Gendron, Andrée D ^a   Bishop, Christine A ^b   Fortin, Réjean ^a   Hontela, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ACTH; Amphibian; Chlorinated hydrocarbons; Corticosteroid producing axis; Stress

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; GLYCOGEN; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; RIVER WATER;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; GONAD; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; STRESS; WATER CONTAMINATION; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; CAUDATA; NECTURUS MACULOSUS; PROTEIDAE;

EID: 0030799484     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<1694:IVTOTF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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