Neuroendocrinology of the thymus

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 1989, Pages 81-84

  Geenen, Vincent ^a   Robert, Françoise ^b   Defresne, Marie Paule ^a   Boniver, Jacques ^a   Legros, Jean Jacques ^a   Franchimont, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Neuroimmunomodulation; Neuropeptides; T cell differentiation; Thymus

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

DIFFERENTIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

HUMAN; NEUROPEPTIDES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0024503084     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000181092     Document Type: Article

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