Neuroendocrine and reproductive aspects of adult male rats exposed neonatally to an antiestrogen

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 618-623

  Gerardin, Daniela C C ^a,b   Bernardi, Maria M ^b   Moreira, Estefânia G ^c   Pereira, Oduvaldo C M ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antiestrogen; Clomiphene; Hypothalamus; Neurochemistry; Rat; Sexual behavior; Sexual differentiation; Spermatozoa; Striatum; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; CLOMIFENE; DOPAMINE; SEROTONIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DRUG EXPOSURE; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; HYPOTHALAMUS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CLOMIPHENE; DOPAMINE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33744546620     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2006.03.026     Document Type: Article

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