Infantile 4-tert-octylphenol exposure transiently inhibits rat ovarian steroidogenesis and steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) expression

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-68

  Myllymaki S A ^a   Karjalainen, M ^b   Haavisto, T E ^a   Toppari, J ^a   Paranko, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

4 tert octylphenol; Estradiol; FSH; LH; Ovary; Progesterone; Rat; StAR

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINISING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CYCLIC AMP; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARY; PHENOLS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, FSH; STEROIDS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 23044495667     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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