Effects of 5-Day Styrene Inhalation on Serum LH and Testosterone Levels and on Hypothalamic and Striatal Amino Acid Neurotransmitter Concentrations in Male Rats

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 209-215

  Jarry, Hubertus ^a   Gamer, Armin ^b   Wuttke, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; GLUTAMIC ACID; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; STYRENE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENOTOXICITY; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TOXICITY TESTING;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANIMALS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYPOTHALAMUS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STYRENE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1842810133     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370490277263     Document Type: Article

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