Increased ovarian follicular apoptosis in fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) exposed to dietary methylmercury

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-54

  Drevnick, Paul E ^a   Sandheinrich, Mark B ^b   Oris, James T ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

17 Estradiol; Apoptosis; Fish; Methylmercury; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; ESTRADIOL; METHYLMERCURY; SEX HORMONE;

APOPTOSIS; BIOMONITORING; FISH; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE DISORDER; TOXICITY TEST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FISH; GONAD; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MALE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CYPRINIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 33745988888     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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