Modulation of monoamine neurotransmitters in fighting fish Betta splendens exposed to waterborne phytoestrogens

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 933-943

  Clotfelter, Ethan D ^a   McNitt, Meredith M ^a   Carpenter, Russ E ^b   Summers, Cliff H ^b,c  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Sitosterol; Dopamine; Equol; Genistein; Norepinephrine; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; EQUOL; GENISTEIN; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; NORADRENALIN; PHYTOESTROGEN; SEROTONIN; SITOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL DERIVATIVE; VESICULAR MONOAMINE TRANSPORTER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; METABOLISM; PERCIFORMES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOPAMINE; GENISTEIN; ISOFLAVONES; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PERCIFORMES; PHYTOESTROGENS; SEROTONIN; SITOSTEROLS; VESICULAR MONOAMINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; BETTA; BETTA SPLENDENS; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78149498851     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-009-9370-2     Document Type: Article

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