The effects of maternal exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin on testicular steroidogenesis in infantile male rats

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 313-322

  Haavisto, T E ^a   Myllymaki S A ^a   Adamsson, N A ^a   Brokken, L J S ^a   Viluksela, M ^b   Toppari, J ^a   Paranko, J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Department of Anatomy ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Dioxin; Rat; Steroid acute regulatory protein; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; ANDROGEN; CYCLIC AMP; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; STEROID ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; FETUS CELL; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CYCLIC AMP; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LEYDIG CELLS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 33644890768     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2005.00568.x     Document Type: Article

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