Effects of the prolonged administration of bradykinin on the rat pituitary-adrenocortical axis

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 641-645

  Malendowicz, L K ^a   Macchi, C ^b   Nussdorfer, G G ^b,c   Markowska, A ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

ACTH secretion; adrenal cortex; bradykinin; bradykinin receptor antagonist; pituitary adrenal axis; rat; steroid hormone secretion

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; BRADYKININ; BRADYKININ ANTAGONIST; CORTICOTROPIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; FEMALE; HALF LIFE TIME; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ALDOSTERONE; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRADYKININ; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; ORGAN SIZE; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, BRADYKININ;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030059469     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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