Delayed effects of single neonatal subcutaneous exposure of low-dose 17α-ethynylestradiol on reproductive function in female rats

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 681-690

  Shiorta, Mariko ^a   Kawashima, Jun ^a   Nakamura, Tomohiro ^a   Ogawa, Yuko ^a   Kamiie, Junichi ^a   Yasuno, Kyohei ^a   Shirota, Kinji ^a   Yoshida, Midori ^b  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain sexual differentiation; Critical period; Delayed effect; Estrogenic compounds; Estrous cycle; Ethynylestradiol

Indexed keywords

ETHINYLESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICLE CYST; HISTOLOGY; MAMMARY GLAND; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PROESTRUS; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84865627751     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.37.681     Document Type: Article

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