Growth hormone-releasing peptides: Clinical and basic aspects

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 4-5, 1996, Pages 155-159

  Argente, J ^a,b,c   Garcia Segura, L M ^c,d   Pozo, J ^a,b,c   Chowen, J A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTIL UNIVERSITARIO NIÑO JESÚS   (Spain)

^c Fundacin Endocrinologa y Nutricin   (Spain)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Growth hormone releasing peptides

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; OLIGOPEPTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BINDING SITE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; ONCOGENE C FOS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT STATURE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HORMONES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; OLIGOPEPTIDES;

EID: 0029798018     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000185015     Document Type: Article

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