Ultrastructural effects on gill, muscle, and gonadal tissues induced in zebrafish (Danio rerio) by a waterborne uranium exposure

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 295-302

  Barillet, Sabrina ^a   Larno, Valérie ^a   Floriani, Magali ^a   Devaux, Alain ^b   Adam Guillermin, Christelle ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Danio rerio; Gill; Gonads; Histopathology; Muscle; TEM EDX; Uranium

Indexed keywords

URANIUM;

CELL ORGANELLE; CYPRINID; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SIZE EFFECT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; URANIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESQUAMATION; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; EDEMA; ENDOMYSIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH DISEASE; GILL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SARCOMERE; SPERMATOZOON; SYMPTOM; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; GILLS; GONADS; MUSCLES; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 78449271317     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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