Acute iron overload leads to hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis abnormalities in female rats

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 240, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 196-213

  Rossi, Emilly M ^a   Marques, Vinicius B ^a   Nunes, Dieli de O ^a   Carneiro, Maria T W D ^a   Podratz, Priscila L ^a   Merlo, Eduardo ^a   Santos, Leonardo dos ^a   Graceli, Jones B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute iron overload; Endocrine disruption; HPG axis abnormalities; Iron HPG axis accumulation; Pituitary; Uterus and ovary oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN; IRON; IRON DEXTRAN; SUPEROXIDE; GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON OVERLOAD; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERUS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ESTRUS CYCLE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCTION; SPLEEN; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCTION; SPLEEN; UTERUS;

EID: 84947081359     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2015.10.027     Document Type: Article

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