Effects of glucagon on the rat pituitary-adrenocortical function: In vivo and in vitro studies

Biomedical Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 227-229

  Nowak, Magdalena ^a   Rebuffat, Piera ^b   Nussdorfer, Gastone G ^b   Nowak, Krzysztof W ^a   Malendowicz, Ludwick K ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCAGON; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029819798     PISSN: 03886107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2220/biomedres.17.227     Document Type: Article

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