Impairment of testicular function in adult male Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) after a single administration of 3-methyl-4-nitrophenol in diesel exhaust particles

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 555-564

  Li, ChunMei ^a,b   Takahashi, Shinji ^c   Taneda, Shinji ^c   Furuta, Chie ^a,b   Watanabe, Gen ^a,b   Suzuki, Akira K ^c   Taya, Kazuyoshi ^a,b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 METHYL 4 NITROPHENOL; 4 NITROPHENOL; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL CULTURE; CLOACA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTURNIX JAPONICA; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS CELL; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CLOACA; COTURNIX; CRESOLS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 33745231660     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.1.06628     Document Type: Article

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