Toxic effects of methoxychlor administered subcutaneously on the hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular axis in adult rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1570-1575

  Lafuente, A ^a   Cabaleiro, T ^a   Caride, A ^a   Esquifino, A I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

5 Hydroxyindole acetic acid; Adult rats; Follicle stimulating hormone; Luteinizing hormone; Methoxychlor; Norepinephrine; Serotonin; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METHOXYCHLOR; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; INSECTICIDES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; METHOXYCHLOR; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 40849086193     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.12.017     Document Type: Article

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