Oral exposure to methylmercury modifies the prostatic microenvironment in adult rats

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 354-360

  Da Silva, Daniela A Fossato ^a   Barbosa, Fernando ^b   Scarano, Wellerson R ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adult male rat; Androgen receptor; Index proliferation; Methylmercury; Reproductive toxicity; Ventral prostate

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; METHYLMERCURY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MICROENVIRONMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PATHOGENESIS; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; PROSTATE VENTRAL LOBE; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; STEREOLOGY; STROMA; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WISTAR RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; ORGAN SIZE; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84866337952     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: 13652613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2613.2012.00825.x     Document Type: Article

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