Manipulation of adult body composition by treatment of the neonatal rat with growth hormone and prolactin

Growth Regulation

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 201-205

  Kadim, I T ^a   McCutcheon, S N ^a   Purchas, R W ^a   Wickham, G A ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

bGH; Body composition; Neonate; oPRL

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; NITROGEN; PROLACTIN; RECOMBINANT GROWTH HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; HINDLIMB; HUMERUS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; LIPID STORAGE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE MASS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; SCAPULA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0029751261     PISSN: 0956523X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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