An environmentally-relevant mixture of organochlorines and its vehicle control, dimethylsulfoxide, induce ultrastructural alterations in porcine oocytes

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-91

  Campagna, Céline ^a   Bailey, Janice L ^a   Sirard, Marc André ^a   Ayotte, Pierre ^b   Maddox Hyttel, Poul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

In vitro maturation; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Subcellular structure; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 1,2,4,5 TETRACHLOROBENZENE; ALDRIN; AROCLOR; CAMPHECLOR; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ENZYME; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; LIPID; MIREX; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PENTACHLOROBENZENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL GRANULE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; ENERGY; GAP JUNCTION; HEALTH HAZARD; LIPID VESICLE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SWINE; TARGET CELL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OOCYTES; SOLVENTS; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 28744450931     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20365     Document Type: Article

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