Toluene inhalation-induced adrenocortical hypertrophy and endocrinological changes in rat

Life Sciences

Volumn 76, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1929-1937

  Gotohda, Takako ^a   Tokunaga, Itsuo ^a   Kubo, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; HPA axis; Hypertrophy; Stress; Toluene inhalation

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANTIBODY; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CYCLINE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; MESSENGER RNA; TOLUENE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ADRENAL CORTEX HYPERTROPHY; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DAMAGE; CELL SIZE; CELL STIMULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID METABOLISM; HYPERTROPHY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STAINING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 13644261373     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2004.08.035     Document Type: Article

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