Exposure to a low dose of bisphenol A impairs pituitary-ovarian axis in prepubertal rats. Effects on early folliculogenesis.

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 9-15

  Gamez J M ^a   Penalba, R ^a   Cardoso, N ^a   Bernasconi, P Scacchi ^a,b   Carbone, S ^a   Ponzo, O ^a   Pandolfi, M ^a   Scacchi, P ^b   Reynoso, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ARGENTINA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Estradiol; Folliculogenesis; FSH; LH; Prepubertal rats

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ALCOHOL; DRINKING WATER; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARIAN WEIGHT; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PITUITARY OVARIAN AXIS; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREPUBERTY; PROGENY; RAT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; HYPOPHYSIS; OVARY FOLLICLE; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SEXUAL MATURATION; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PHENOLS; PITUITARY GLAND; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 84912096300     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: 18727077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2014.10.015     Document Type: Article

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