Neonatal exposure to endocrine disruptors suppresses juvenile testis weight and steroidogenesis but spermatogenesis is considerably restored during puberty

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 295, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 193-197

  Kuwada, Masahiro ^a   Kawashima, Rei ^a   Nakamura, Kazuo ^a   Kojima, Hisako ^a   Hasumi, Hideyo ^a   Maki, Jun ^b   Sugano, Sachiko ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptor; Spermatogenesis; Steroid; Steroidogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; BENZOPHENONE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; METHOXYCHLOR; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; STYRENE; TRIBUTYLTIN CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; KINETICS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 0036301634     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)00644-7     Document Type: Article

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