Lactational fenvalerate exposure permanently impairs testicular development and spermatogenesis in mice

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-56

  Zhang, Heng ^a   Wang, Hua ^a   Ji, Yan Li ^a   Ning, Huan ^a   Yu, Tao ^a   Zhang, Cheng ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a   Zhao, Xian Feng ^a   Wang, Qun ^a   Liu, Ping ^a   Meng, Xiu Hong ^a   Xu, De Xiang ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptor; Fenvalerate; Spermatogenesis; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

FENVALERATE; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; MALE; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS WEIGHT; WEANING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INSECTICIDES; LACTATION; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NITRILES; ORGAN SIZE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PYRETHRINS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

MUS;

EID: 70350596221     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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