Bisphenol A induces apoptosis in central neural cells during early development of Xenopus laevis

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 312, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 877-882

  Oka, Tomohiro ^a   Adati, Naoki ^b   Shinkai, Tadashi ^c   Sakuma, Keiko ^a   Nishimura, Tetsuji ^d   Kurose, Kouichi ^d  

^a KAGAWA NUTRITION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

17 Estradiol; Amphibian; Apoptosis; Bisphenol A; Brain; Central nerve cell; Early development; Embryo; Endocrine disruptors; Estrogen receptor; Exposure test; Histological analysis; Malformation; TUNEL; Xenoestrogen; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ESTRADIOL;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE SECTION; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0344495435     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.10.199     Document Type: Article

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