Cadmium: An endocrine disrupter that affects gene expression in the liver and brain of juvenile rainbow trout

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 119-126

  Vetillard, Angelique ^a,b   Bailhache, Thierry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Estradiol receptor; Gene regulation; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Neuroendocrinology; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITAL SYSTEM; LIVER; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VITELLOGENESIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CADMIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LIVER; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMON; VITELLOGENINS;

ANIMALIA; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 10944229658     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.029520     Document Type: Article

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