Assessing effects of environmental chemicals on neuroendocrine systems: Potential mechanisms and functional outcomes

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 190, Issue , 2012, Pages 194-202

  Ottinger, Mary Ann ^a   Carro, Tiffany ^a   Bohannon, Meredith ^a   Baltos, Leah ^a   Marcell, Allegra M ^a   McKernan, Moira ^a,b   Dean, Karen M ^a,c   Lavoie, Emma ^a   Abdelnabi, Mahmoud ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^d ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Avian reproduction; Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Japanese quail; Male sexual behavior; Neuroendocrine systems; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; ANDROGEN; AROMATASE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; ATRAZINE; CARBOFURAN; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIMPYLATE; DIOXIN; DOPAMINE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENDOSULFAN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; ESTRADIOL; GENISTEIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METHOXYCHLOR; NORADRENALIN; PARATHION METHYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SEROTONIN; STEROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE; TRENBOLONE ACETATE; VINCLOZOLIN;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CHICK; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; COTURNIX JAPONICA; DUCK; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIFESPAN; MIGRATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WILD SPECIES;

AVIAN REPRODUCTION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; JAPANESE QUAIL; MALE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEMS; SEXUAL DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MALE; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; QUAIL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84882901176     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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