Octylphenol and UV-B radiation alter larval development and hypothalamic gene expression in the leopard frog (Rana pipiens)

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 277-284

  Crump, Douglas ^a   Lean, David ^a   Trudeau, Vance L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Angiogenesis; Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Estradiol; Frogs; GABA; Hypothalamus; Rana pipiens

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; BINDING PROTEIN; BRAIN ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR 2; BRAIN ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR 3; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; OCTYLPHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HINDLIMB; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHESIS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TADPOLE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; FRAXINUS; PANTHERA PARDUS; RANA PIPIENS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036195513     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.02110277     Document Type: Article

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