Effects of p-nonylphenol and 4-tert-octylphenol on the anterior pituitary functions in adult ovariectomized rats

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-20

  Furuta, Miyako ^a   Funabashi, Toshiya ^a   Kawaguchi, Maiko ^a   Nakamura, Takahiro J ^a   Mitsushima, Dai ^a   Kimura, Fukuko ^a,b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Luteinizing hormone secretion, pulsatile; Nonylphenol; Octylphenol; Ovariectomized rats

Indexed keywords

4 TERT OCTYLPHENOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; NONYLPHENOL; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROLACTIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIECTOMY; PHENOLS; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 33845894437     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096093     Document Type: Article

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