Effects of cadmium as a possible endocrine disruptor upon the serum level of sex steroids and the secretion of gonadotropins from pituitary in adult rats

Acta Medica Nagasakiensia

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 53-56

  Zhang, Wenchang ^a   Wu, Zhiren ^b   Li, Huangyuan ^c   Tatsuo, Ezaki ^d   Takehiko, Koji ^d  

^a FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Nagasaki Yurino Hospital   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Cadmium; Female rat; GnRH; Gonadotropin; Sex steroid

Indexed keywords

ALARELIN; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY;

EID: 0036337130     PISSN: 00016055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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