Effect of melatonin on the response of the thyroid to thyrotropin stimulation in vitro

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 298-305

  Wright, Mary L ^a   Pikula, Agata ^a   Babski, Amy M ^a   Labieniec, Kristina E ^a   Wolan, Renata B ^a  

^a Biology Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; THYROTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TADPOLE; THYROID HORMONE METABOLISM; THYROID HORMONE RELEASE;

EID: 0030807708     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1997.6979     Document Type: Article

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