Neural aromatase transcript and protein levels in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) are modulated by the ubiquitous water pollutant, 4-nonylphenol

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-99

  Kortner, Trond M ^a   Mortensen, Anne S ^a   Hansen, Marianne D ^a   Arukwe, Augustine ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Brain; Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Xenoestrogens

Indexed keywords

4 NONYLPHENOL; ALKYLPHENOL; AROMATASE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ISOENZYME; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; JUVENILE ANIMAL; METAL INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEOST; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WATER POLLUTANT;

EID: 67650617708     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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