Internal dose-effects of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) in gonadotropin-primed weanling rat model

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 261-269

  Shirota, Mariko ^a   Kaneko, Toyozo ^b   Okuyama, Mitsunobu ^a,d   Sakurada, Yosuke ^c   Shirota, Kinji ^c   Matsuki, Yasuhiko ^a,e  

^a HATANO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Teizo Medical Co Ltd   (Japan)

^e Japan Food Hygiene Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

CYP1A1; ELISA; Equine chorionic gonadotrophin; Internal dose effects; Ovary; TCDD; Thymus; Weanling rat

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CORN OIL; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; GONADOTROPIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LIVER WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY HYPERTROPHY; OVULATION; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS, EQUINE; LIVER; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; OVULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; THYMUS GLAND; UTERUS;

EQUIDAE; RATTUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33947245176     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-006-0146-5     Document Type: Article

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