Opioid receptor activation resets the hypothalamic clock generating growth hormone secretory bursts in the rat

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 149-155

  Willoughby, J O ^a,b   Medvedev, A ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; RAT;

EID: 0030027980     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1480149     Document Type: Article

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