Chlorotriazine herbicides and metabolites activate an ACTH-dependent release of corticosterone in male Wistar rats.
Laws SC, Hotchkiss M, Ferrell J, Jayaraman S, Mills L, Modic W, Tinfo N, Fraites M, Stoker T, Cooper R.
Laws SC, et al.
Toxicol Sci. 2009 Nov;112(1):78-87. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfp190. Epub 2009 Aug 18.
Toxicol Sci. 2009.
PMID: 19690231
Previously, we reported that atrazine (ATR) alters steroidogenesis in male Wistar rats resulting in elevated serum corticosterone (CORT), progesterone, and estrogens. The increase in CORT indicated that this chlorotriazine herbicide may alter the hypothalamic-pituitary-adr …
Previously, we reported that atrazine (ATR) alters steroidogenesis in male Wistar rats resulting in elevated serum corticosterone (CORT), …