Effects of cadmium on the reproductive axis of Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 265-276

  Tilton, Susan C ^a,b   Foran, Christy M ^a,c   Benson, William H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Development; Endocrine; Medaka; Reproduction; Steroid; Teleost; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; STEROID; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG PRODUCTION; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FISH; GENITAL SYSTEM; HORMONE METABOLISM; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; ORYZIAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; STEROID RELEASE;

ORYZIAS; ORYZIAS LATIPES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0344196917     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2003.09.009     Document Type: Article

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