Pituitary GH and Prolactin Deficiency and Testis Enlargement in Hypothyroid Rats caused by Goitrogen Methimazole

Experimental Animals

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 369-375

  Kimura, Toshimi ^a   Furudate, Senichi ^b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

GH; Hypothyroidism; Methimazole (MMI); PRL; Testis enlargement

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; GROWTH HORMONE; PROLACTIN; THIAMAZOLE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HYPERTROPHY; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RAT; TESTIS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYPERTROPHY; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; METHIMAZOLE; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY GLAND; PREGNANCY; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTIS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 0030255205     PISSN: 13411357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.45.369     Document Type: Article

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