Changes in prolactin secretion in postnatal rats and effect of neonatal thyroidectomy

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 101-107

  Yamanouchi, Hiroshi ^a   Kitauchi, Shintaro ^a   Shiino, Masataka ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Development; mRNA; Neonatal rat; Prolactin; Rat pituitaries; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; THYROIDECTOMY; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0030777434     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(97)00167-6     Document Type: Article

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