Progression of the dose-related effects of estrogenic endocrine disruptors, an important factor in declining fertility, differs between the hypothalamo-pituitary axis and reproductive organs of male mice

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1257-1267

  Warita, Katsuhiko ^a   Sugawara, Teruo ^b   Yue, Zhan Peng ^c   Tsukahara, Shinji ^d   Mutoh, Ken Ichiro ^e   Hasegawa, Yoshihisa ^e   Kitagawa, Hiroshi ^a   Mori, Chisato ^f   Hoshi, Nobuhiko ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^e KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diethylstilbestrol (DES); Endocrine disruptors; Fertility rate; Fetal and or neonatal exposure; Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR)

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPIDIDYMIS; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; TESTIS;

EID: 33846273518     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.68.1257     Document Type: Article

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