Effects of the anti-thyroidal compound potassium-perchlorate on the thyroid system of the zebrafish

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 109, Issue , 2012, Pages 47-58

  Schmidt, Florian ^a   Schnurr, Sarah ^a   Wolf, Raoul ^a   Braunbeck, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Perchlorate; Thyroid; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN; POTASSIUM PERCHLORATE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYPRINID; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; PERCHLORATE; POTASSIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATED FISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEIODINATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THYROID FOLLICLE; THYROID HYPERPLASIA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL PROLIFERATION; GONADS; LIVER; PERCHLORIC ACID; PITUITARY GLAND; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; THYROID GLAND; THYROXINE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEBRAFISH;

AMPHIBIA; DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84255201053     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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