Effects of the insecticide fipronil on reproductive endocrinology in the fathead minnow

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1828-1834

  Bencic, David C ^a   Villeneuve, Daniel L ^a   Biales, Adam D ^a   Blake, Lindsey ^a   Durhan, Elizabeth J ^a   Jensen, Kathleen M ^a   Kahl, Michael D ^a   Makynen, Elizabeth A ^a   Martinović Weigelt, Dalma ^a   Ankley, Gerald T ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Fecundity; Fish; Neurotransmitter; Pesticide

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; FECUNDITY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; GONADOSOMATIC INDEX; HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-GONADAL AXIS; NEUROTRANSMITTER; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITIES;

AMINO ACIDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECTICIDES; PESTICIDES;

FISH;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FIPRONIL; VITELLOGENIN;

CYPRINID; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FECUNDITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; INSECTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; STEROID;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; FECUNDITY; FISH; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PESTICIDE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CYPRINIDAE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GONADS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; PYRAZOLES; REPRODUCTION; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84880255099     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2254     Document Type: Article

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