Sexual differences in 5'-deiodinase activity in the Harderian gland of Syrian hamsters and the effect of pinealectomy: Regulation by androgens

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 397-404

  Rubio, Amalia ^a   Menendez Pelaez, Armande ^a   Buzzell, Gerald R ^b   Vaughan, Mary K ^a   Vaughan, George M ^a   Reiter, Russel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

5 dihydrotestosterone; 5' deiodinase activity; Harderian gland; pinealectomy; rhythm; Syrian hamster; testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; LIOTHYRONINE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE; THYROXINE DEIODINASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HARDER GLAND; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEALECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; EPITESTOSTERONE; FEMALE; HARDERIAN GLAND; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; ORCHIECTOMY; PINEAL GLAND; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029765552     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4644(199609)62:3<397::AID-JCB9>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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