Behavioral and endocrine effects of growth hormone administration in aged female rats

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 401-410

  Drago, Filippo ^a   Di Leo, Francesco ^a   Ikonomou, Sofia ^a   Anzallo, Calogero ^a   Busà, Lina ^a   Lo Presti, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Avoidance behavior; Grooming behavior; Growth hormone; Prolactin; Vaginal cycle

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030152075     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4530(96)00003-0     Document Type: Article

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