Effects of a 5-day treatment with vinclozolin on the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis in male rats

Toxicology

Volumn 243, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 105-115

  Loutchanwoot, Panida ^a   Wuttke, Wolfgang ^a   Jarry, Hubertus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hypothalamo pituitary gonadal axis; Male rats; Prostate; Vinclozolin

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FUNGICIDE; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; VINCLOZOLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINAL VESICLE;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENITALIA, MALE; HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OXAZOLES; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 37049027922     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2007.09.025     Document Type: Article

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