Assessment of thyroid system disruption in Rana pipiens tadpoles chronically exposed to UVB radiation and 4-tert-octylphenol

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 81-92

  Croteau, M C ^a   Davidson, M ^a   Duarte Guterman, P ^a   Wade, M ^b   Popesku, J T ^a   Wiens, S ^a   Lean, D R S ^a   Trudeau, V L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Environmental Health Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Metamorphosis; Octylphenol; Thyroid hormone; Triiodothyronine; Ultraviolet B radiation

Indexed keywords

4 TERT OCTYLPHENOL; LIOTHYRONINE; MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR BETA; THYROXINE DEIODINASE; THYROXINE DEIODINASE TYPE 2; THYROXINE DEIODINASE TYPE 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MEMBRANE; METAMORPHOSIS; TOAD; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TADPOLE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONE METABOLISM; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ANIMALS; LARVA; PHENOLS; RANA PIPIENS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; THYROID GLAND; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; RANA PIPIENS;

EID: 71349083574     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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