Seasonal variation of gonadotropins and gonadal steroids receptors in the human pineal gland

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 665-670

  Luboshitzky, Rafael ^a   Dharan, Muralee ^a   Goldman, Dalia ^a   Herer, Paula ^c   Hiss, Yehuda ^b   Lavie, Peretz ^c  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b L Greenberg Inst of Forensic Med   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Human reproduction; Immunohistochemistry; Melatonin; Pituitary gonadal hormones

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; PINEAL GLAND FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PINEAL GLAND; RECEPTORS, STEROID; SEASONS; TESTIS;

EID: 0030667947     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(97)00106-8     Document Type: Article

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