Growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH)-GH-somatic growth and luteinizing hormone (LH)RH-LH-ovarian axes in adult female transgenic mice expressing human GH gene

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 615-626

  Sasaki, F ^a   Tojo, H ^b   Iwama, Y ^c   Miki, N ^d   Maeda, K ^e   Ono, M ^d   Kiso, Y ^a   Okada, T ^a   Matsumoto, Y ^a   Tachi, C ^b  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Growth hormone releasing hormone; Human growth hormone; Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone; Somatostatin; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

ACID PROTEIN; GONADORELIN; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOSTATIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAMMARY GLAND; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0030843044     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1997.00612.x     Document Type: Article

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