Homeostatic thymus hormone stimulates corticosterone secretion in a dose- and age-dependent manner in rats

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 59-63

  Goya, Rodolfo G ^a   Sosa, Yolanda E ^a   Quigley, Kathleen L ^a   Reichhart, Robert ^b   Meites, Joseph ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Corticosterone; Homeostatic thymus hormone; Immune neuroendocrine interactions; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; PROLACTIN; RADIOISOTOPE; THYMUS HORMONE;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; PROLACTIN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THYMUS HORMONES;

EID: 0025128504     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000125316     Document Type: Article

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