Effects of atrazine and its withdrawal on gonadotropin-releasing hormone neuroendocrine function in the adult female wistar rat

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1099-1105

  Foradori, Chad D ^a,b   Hinds, Laura R ^a,b   Hanneman, William H ^a   Handa, Robert J ^a,b  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicle stimulating hormone; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Luteinizing hormone; Neuroendocrinology

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN FOS; ESTRADIOL; HERBICIDE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NERVE CELL; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CELL COUNT; CONVALESCENCE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; OVARIECTOMY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; CELL COUNT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HERBICIDES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 73949119170     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.077453     Document Type: Article

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