Altered stress-induced cortisol levels in goats exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB 126 and PCB 153) during fetal and postnatal development

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 72, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 164-172

  Zimmer, Karin E ^a   Gutleb, Arno C ^a,b,c   Lyche, Jan L ^a   Dahl, Ellen ^a   Oskam, Irma C ^a,d   Krogenæs, Anette ^a   Skaare, Janneche Utne ^a,b   Ropstad, Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 153; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,4,5,2',4',5'-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; 3,4,5,3',4'-PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST MILK; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FOOD CHAIN; GOAT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTANT; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; STRESS; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; METABOLISM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; MAMMALIA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GOATS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 60749095664     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390802539004     Document Type: Article

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