Developmental programming: Impact of prenatal exposure to bisphenol-A and methoxychlor on steroid feedbacks in sheep

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 268, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 300-308

  Abi Salloum, Bachir ^a   Steckler, Teresa L ^a,c   Herkimer, Carol ^a   Lee, James S ^a   Padmanabhan, Vasantha ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Estradiol negative feedback; Estradiol positive feedback; Luteinizing hormone; Progesterone negative feedback; Reproductive neuroendocrine

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; COTTON SEED OIL; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METHOXYCHLOR; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; ESTRADIOL; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METHOXYCHLOR; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROGESTERONE; SHEEP; STEROIDS;

EID: 84875318562     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2013.02.011     Document Type: Article

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