Effects of 5-day styrene inhalation on serum prolactin and dopamine levels and on hypothalamic and striatal catecholamine concentrations in male rats

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 657-663

  Jarry, Hubertus ^a   Metten, Maria ^a   Gamer, Armin O ^b   Wuttke, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Hypothalamus; Inhalation exposure; Prolactin; Styrene

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; PROLACTIN; STYRENE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILITY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OLIGOMENORRHEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; REDUCTION; SECONDARY AMENORRHEA; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WISTAR RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; PROLACTIN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STYRENE;

EID: 0036460649     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-002-0386-y     Document Type: Article

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