Effects of 4-tert-octylphenol on the testes and seminal vesicles in adult male bank voles

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-105

  Hejmej, Anna ^a   Kotula Balak, Małgorzata ^a   Galas, Jerzy ^a   Bilińska, Barbara ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Androgens; Bank vole; Endocrine disrupters; Estrogens; Octylphenol; Seminal vesicles; Testis

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 4 TERT OCTYLPHENOL; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINAL VESICLE; TESTIS WEIGHT; VOLE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; ARVICOLINAE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOLS; PHOTOPERIOD; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEMINAL VESICLES; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 79551579110     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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