The effects of methimazole on development of the fathead minnow, Pimephales promelas, from embryo to adult

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 278-285

  Crane, Helen M ^a,d   Pickford, Daniel B ^c   Hutchinson, Thomas H ^b   Brown, J Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Fathead minnow; Methimazole; Thyroid; Thyroxine; Triiodothyronine

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; LIOTHYRONINE; THIAMAZOLE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPOSURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FISH; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; THYROID HORMONE SYNTHESIS; THYROXINE SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; CYPRINIDAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; MALE; METHIMAZOLE; THYROID HORMONES;

AMPHIBIA; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 33748748291     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfl063     Document Type: Article

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