Effects of octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4) on the luteinizing hormone (LH) surge and levels of various reproductive hormones in female Sprague-Dawley rats

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 532-540

  Quinn, Anne L ^a   Dalu, Abe ^a   Meeker, Linda S ^a   Jean, Paul A ^a   Meeks, Robert G ^a   Crissman, James W ^a   Gallavan Jr , Robert H ^a   Plotzke, Kathleen P ^a  

^a DOW CORNING CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Hormone; Inhalation; LH; Luteinizing; Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4); Reproductive; Silicone; Siloxane

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OCTAMETHYLCYCLOTETRASILOXANE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE; SILOXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PROESTRUS; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS CYCLE; EXPOSURE; OOCYTE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PATHOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME; UTERUS; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; OVULATION; OVUM; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SILOXANES; TIME FACTORS; UTERUS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 34248575015     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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