PCB Effects on Brain Type II 5'Deiodinase Activity in Developing Brids

PCBs are known to cause thyroid disruption in laboratory rats and are thought to be the causal agent in thyroid gland alterations in herring gulls in the Great Lakes. This study examined the regulation of thyroid hormone supply during development in (1) domestic chicken embryos (Gallus domesticus) e...

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Main Author: Fowler, Leslie Ann
Other Authors: Biology
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9768
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02262001-102405