Alteration of pituitary hormone-immunoreactive cell populations in rat offspring after maternal dietary exposure to endocrine-active chemicals

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 232-240

  Masutomi, Naoya ^a   Shibutani, Makoto ^a   Takagi, Hironori ^a   Uneyama, Chikako ^a   Lee, Kyoung Youl ^a   Hirose, Masao ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

4 Nonylphenol; Diisononyl phthalate; Endocrine acting chemicals; Ethinylestradiol; Genistein; Methoxychlor Bisphenol A; Perinatal exposure; Pituitary hormone; Rat Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

1,2 BENZENEDICARBOXYLIC ACID DIISONONYL ESTER; 4 NONYLPHENOL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GENISTEIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METHOXYCHLOR; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROLACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DIET; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENISTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METHOXYCHLOR; PHENOLS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 2442488527     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-003-0528-x     Document Type: Article

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