Age and gender influence basal and stress-modulated hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroidal function in fischer 344/N rats

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 440-448

  Cizza, Giovanni ^a,b   Brady, Linda S ^b   Esclapes, Maribel ^b   Blackman, Marc R ^c   Gold, Philip W ^b   Chrousos, George P ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Prolactin; Sexual dimorphism; Stress; Thyrotropin releasing hormone

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FISCHER 344 RAT; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; METABOLISM; RAT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STRESS; THYROID GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENDER; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN RELEASE;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS; THYROID GLAND;

MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0030299791     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127150     Document Type: Article

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