The involvement of hypophyseal-gonadal and hypophyseal-adrenal axes in arsenic-mediated ovarian and uterine toxicity: Modulation by hCG

Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-41

  Chattopadhyay, Sandip ^a   Ghosh, Debidas ^a  

^a VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

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Indexed keywords

3BETA HYDROXY DELTA5 STEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ARSENITE SODIUM; BRAIN MONOAMINE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CORTICOSTERONE; DRINKING WATER; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PEROXIDASE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DIENCEPHALON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; INTOXICATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; OVARIAN TOXICITY; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; TOXICITY; UTERINE TOXICITY; VAGINA SMEAR; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WISTAR RAT;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; ARSENITES; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CORTICOSTERONE; DIESTRUS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR ATRESIA; GONADAL HORMONES; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PEROXIDASES; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; UTERUS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

RATTUS;

EID: 77249143539     PISSN: 10956670     EISSN: 10990461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbt.20309     Document Type: Article

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