Elevated organochlorines in the brain-hypothalamic-pituitary complex of intersexual shovelnose sturgeon

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1689-1697

  Koch, Brian T ^a   Garvey, James E ^a   You, Jing ^a   Lydy, Michael J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadosomatic index; Intersexuality; Organochlorines; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Sturgeon

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; FISHERIES; HORMONES; ORGANOMETALLICS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE;

ANTIANDROGENS; ESTROGENS; GONADOSOMATIC INDEX (GSI); ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS (OC);

BRAIN;

ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN; FISH; HISTOLOGY; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FISH; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HERMAPHRODITISM; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHARK;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; FISHES; GONADS; HERMAPHRODITISM; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; ILLINOIS; MALE; MISSOURI; PITUITARY GLAND; RIVERS;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SCAPHIRHYNCHUS PLATORYNCHUS;

EID: 33750534827     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-474R.1     Document Type: Article

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