Evidence of a thyrotropin-releasing activity of ovine corticotropin- releasing factor in the domestic fowl (Gallus domesticus)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 139-146

  Geris, K L ^a   Kotanen, S P ^a   Berghman, L R ^a   Kuhn E R ^a   Darras, V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; FOLLITROPIN; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN RELEASE;

EID: 0030298014     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.0156     Document Type: Article

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