Relationship between ethinylestradiol-mediated changes in endocrine function and reproductive impairment in Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 352-359

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Ethinylestradiol; Japanese medaka; Reproduction; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKERS; ENZYMES; FISHERIES;

ESTROGEN RECEPTORS (ER); ETHINYLESTRADIOL (EE); GONADOSOMATIC INDEX (GSI); VITELLOGENIN (VTG);

ALCOHOLS;

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE; STEROID; VITELLOGENIN;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FISH; POLLUTION EFFECT; REPRODUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL ENDPOINT; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; GONADOSOMATIC INDEX; HATCHING; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; ORYZIAS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEXUAL PHENOTYPE; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS; GONADS; LIVER; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NORETHYNODREL; ORYZIAS; OVUM; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS; VITELLOGENINS;

ANIMALIA; ORYZIAS; ORYZIAS LATIPES;

EID: 12344332676     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-016R.1     Document Type: Article

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