Effect of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid on milk transfer to the litter and prolactin release in lactating rats

Toxicology

Volumn 271, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 13-20

  Stürtz, Nelson ^a   Jahn, Graciela A ^b   Deis, Ricardo P ^b   Rettori, Valeria ^c   Duffard, Ricardo O ^a   Evangelista de Duffard, Ana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b Laboratorio de Reproduccion y Lactancia Mendoza   (Argentina)

^c Centre de Estudios Farmacologicos y Botanicos   (Argentina)

Author keywords

2,4 Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid; Endocrine disruption; Milk ejection; Milk production; Nitric oxide synthase; Oxytocin; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; BRAIN MONOAMINE; CALCIUM; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; LACTATION; MALE; MILK EJECTION; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RAT; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; SUCKLING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HERBICIDES; LACTATION; MALE; MILK EJECTION; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ORGAN SIZE; OXYTOCIN; PROLACTIN; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

RATTUS;

EID: 77951298293     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2010.01.016     Document Type: Article

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