Plasma concentrations of estradiol and testosterone, gonadal aromatase activity and ultrastructure of the testis in Xenopus laevis exposed to estradiol or atrazine

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 383-396

  Hecker, Markus ^a   Kim, Wan Jong ^b   Park, June Woo ^a   Murphy, Margaret B ^a   Villeneuve, Daniel ^a   Coady, Katherine K ^a   Jones, Paul D ^a   Solomon, Keith R ^c   Van Der Kraak, Glen ^c   Carr, James A ^d   Smith, Ernest E ^d   Du Preez, Louis ^e   Kendall, Ronald J ^d   Giesy, John P ^a,f  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Aromatase; Electron microscopy; Sex steroids; Testis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; AROMATASE; ATRAZINE; CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; FAT DROPLET; HORMONE PRECURSOR; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ATRAZINE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FROG; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE DISORDER; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERM CELL; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS CELL; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; XENOPUS (GENUS); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 20244385828     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2005.01.008     Document Type: Article

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