Effects of pubertal fenvalerate exposure on testosterone and estradiol synthesis and the expression of androgen and estrogen receptors in the developing brain

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-189

  Liu, Ping ^a,b   Meng, Xiu Hong ^a,b   Wang, Hua ^a,b   Ji, Yan Li ^a,b   Zhao, Mei ^a,b   Zhao, Xian Feng ^a,b   Xu, Zhong Mei ^a,b   Chen, Yuan Hua ^a,b   Zhang, Cheng ^a,b   Xu, De Xiang ^a,b  

^a And Aristogenics   (China)

^b ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Cerebral cortex; Estrogen receptor; Fenvalerate; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 17; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FENVALERATE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NITRILES; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PYRETHRINS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTOSTERONE;

MUS;

EID: 79651473155     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2010.12.024     Document Type: Article

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