Feedback effects of growth hormone on growth hormone-releasing hormone and somatostatin are not evident in aged rats

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 503-507

  De Gennaro Colonna, Vito ^a   Fidone, Filippo ^a   Cocchi, Daniela ^b   Müller, Eugenio E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Gene expression; Growth releasing hormone; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOSTATIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

AGING; ANIMAL; FEEDBACK; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; RNA, MESSENGER; SOMATOSTATIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027182759     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0197-4580(93)90109-O     Document Type: Article

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