Anti-estrogen prevents xenoestrogen-induced testicular pathology of eelpout (Zoarces viviparus)

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 177-194

  Rasmussen, Tina H ^a   Teh, Swee J ^b   Bjerregaard, Poul ^a   Korsgaard, Bodil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkylphenol; Endocrine disruption; Estrogen; Fish; Histology; Octylphenol; Sertoli cell; Testis; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

4 TERT OCTYLPHENOL; ANTIESTROGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PIGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLOGENIN; ZM 189 154;

ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; REPRODUCTIVE DISORDER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FISH; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SYNTHESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS DISEASE;

LYCODES TOYAMENSIS; VIVIPARUS; ZOARCES VIVIPARUS;

EID: 16844381010     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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