Use of perifusion to assess in vitro the functional integrity of interrenal tissue in teleost fish from polluted sites

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2171-2178

  Brodeur, Julie C ^a   Girard, Caroline ^a   Hontela, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Endocrine disruption; Fish; Interrenal; Perifusion

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ECOTOXICITY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; KIDNEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TELEOST; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0030808434     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<2171:UOPTAI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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