Expression of β2-thyroid hormone receptor in euthyroid and hypothyroid rat pituitary gland: An in situ hybridization and immunocytochemical study

Brain Research

Volumn 773, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 125-131

  Li, Mu ^a   Boyages, Steven C ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibody; mRNA; Rat pituitary; Thyroid hormone receptor

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; THYROTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; THYROID GLAND; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PITUITARY GLAND; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030608961     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00917-7     Document Type: Article

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