Chromium VI administration induces oxidative stress in hypothalamus and anterior pituitary gland from male rats

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 187-192

  Nudler, Silvana I ^a   Quinteros, Fernanda A ^a   Miler, Eliana A ^a   Cabilla, Jimena P ^a   Ronchetti, Sonia A ^a   Duvilanski, Beatriz H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anterior pituitary gland; Chromium VI; Hypothalamus; Oral intake; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CHROMIUM; DRINKING WATER; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HEME OXYGENASE 1; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN I; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN VIVO STUDY; INGESTION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PITUITARY GLAND; POTASSIUM DICHROMATE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS;

EID: 60349114066     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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