Chronic exposure to fluoxetine (Prozac) causes developmental delays in Rana pipiens larvae

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2845-2850

  Foster, Hannah R ^a   Burton, G Allen ^a   Basu, Niladri ^a   Werner, Earl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Environment; Pharmaceuticals; Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CHRONIC EFFECTS; CHRONIC EXPOSURE; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLUOXETINE; FOOD INTAKE; MESOCOSMS; PHARMACEUTICALS; PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; SELECTIVE SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ECOLOGY; TOXICITY;

PERSONNEL;

FLUOXETINE;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DRUG; INHIBITOR; LARVA; MESOCOSM; METAMORPHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TOAD; TOXICITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECREASED APPETITE; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FROG; GROWTH RETARDATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LD 50; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETER; MESOCOSM; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TADPOLE; TERATOGEN TESTING; TERATOGENICITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLUOXETINE; LARVA; RANA PIPIENS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMPHIBIA; RANA PIPIENS;

EID: 78249274636     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.345     Document Type: Article

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