Effects of chronic alternating cadmium exposure on the episodic secretion of prolactin in male rats

Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 205-210

  Esquifino, A I ^a   Marquez N ^b   Alvarez Demanuel, E ^b   Lafuente, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age; Cadmium; Prolactin pulsatility

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; PROLACTIN;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA HALF LIFE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RAT;

EID: 0345120573     PISSN: 0946672X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0946-672X(99)80059-5     Document Type: Article

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