Alterations to the pituitary-gonadal axis in the peripubertal female rat exposed in utero and through lactation to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p- dioxin

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1498-1502

  Chaffin, C L ^a,c   Trewin, A L ^a   Watanabe, G ^b   Taya, K ^b   Hutz, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; ENZYME ASSAY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LACTATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; OVARY; PITUITARY GLAND; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RECEPTORS, FSH; RECEPTORS, LH; RNA, MESSENGER; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 0030912930     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.6.1498     Document Type: Article

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