Perinatal estrogen exposure: Later repercussion on the fertility of rats

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 241-245

  Pereira, Oduvaldo C M ^a   Carvalho, N F S ^a   Carlos, C P ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Fertility; Hypothalamic differentiation; Intrauterine life; Perinatal life; Rat; Reproduction; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILITY; FETUS; FETUS WASTAGE; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TESTIS DESCENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PUBERTY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTIS;

EID: 0031441990     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(97)00133-3     Document Type: Article

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