Effects of oral cadmium exposure through puberty on plasma prolactin and gonadotropin levels and amino acid contents in various brain areas in pubertal male rats

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 207-213

  Lafuente, A ^a   Esquifino, A I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Cadmium; FSH; LH; Oral exposure; Prolactin; Puberty

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GONADOTROPIN; PROLACTIN; TAURINE;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMAL; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY; MALE; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX MATURATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ANIMALS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0036628687     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-813X(02)00020-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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