Current and potential rodent screens and tests for thyroid toxicants

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 55-95

  Zoeller, R Thomas ^a   Tyl, Rochelle W ^b   Tan, Shirlee W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellar development (proliferation, apoptosis, migration, differentiation; In vitro screens; In vivo screens; Regulatory Screens and Tests; Serum Thyroid Hormone (TH) Levels; TH Receptor Binding and Activation; Thyroid Gland Weight and Histopathology

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; IODOTHYRONINE; PENDRIN; PERCHLORATE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

APOPTOSIS; BINDING ASSAY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CEREBELLUM; DOSE RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GLUCURONIDATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RECEPTOR BINDING; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; RODENT; SCREENING TEST; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID WEIGHT; TOXICITY TESTING; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; BRAIN; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RODENTIA; TOXICITY TESTS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

RODENTIA;

EID: 33847067122     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: 15476898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408440601123461     Document Type: Review

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