Exposure of xenopus laevis tadpoles to cadmium reveals concentration-dependent bimodal effects on growth and monotonic effects on development and thyroid gland activity

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-58

  Sharma, Bibek ^a   Patiño, Reynaldo ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Cadmium; Growth; Metamorphosis; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CELL SURVIVAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FACE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GROWTH DISORDER; HINDLIMB; LARVA; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; TADPOLE; TAIL; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; SURVIVAL RATE; THYROID GLAND; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 49249126104     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfn119     Document Type: Article

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