A M Cummings

No ORCID on file · 6 papers in corpus · active 1995-1999

Study types

  • article 5
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 6
  • infertility 1
article 1999
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology ·doi:10.1093/toxsci/52.1.45

Several lines of research led to our hypothesis that perinatal exposure to TCDD may alter the sensitivity of adult rodents to the promotional effect of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) on endometriosis. Pregnant rats and mice were…

article 1997
Environmental health perspectives ·doi:10.1289/ehp.97105750

Previous studies showed exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD) enhances the development of endometriotic lesions. In this study we examined the effects of other polyhalogenated aromatic hydrocarbons on endometriotic …

article 1996
Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (New York, N.Y.) ·doi:10.3181/00379727-212-44022

Endometriosis, a disease of women and nonhuman primates in which endometrial tissue grows outside the uterus, can be mimicked surgically in rats and mice. The disease is related to infertility in women, and surgical induction of endometriot…

other 1996
Toxicology and applied pharmacology ·doi:10.1006/taap.1996.0106

In the disease of endometriosis, endometrial tissue grows outside the uterus, usually in the peritoneal cavity. Rodent models of endometriosis allow a way to reproduce the disease, evaluate effects of chemicals, and study mechanisms. Twenty…

article 1995
Fundamental and applied toxicology : official journal of the Society of Toxicology ·doi:10.1006/faat.1995.1135
article 1995
Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.) ·doi:10.1016/0890-6238(95)00004-t