Effects of secretin on the function of the rat adrenal cortex

Biomedical Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 139-143

  Malendowicz, Ludwik K ^a   Rebuffat, Piera ^b   Nussdorfer, Gastone G ^b   Majchrzak, Mariola ^a   Nowak, Magdalena ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; SECRETIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; FEMALE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPERTROPHY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; ZONA FASCICULATA; ZONA GLOMERULOSA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030995019     PISSN: 03886107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2220/biomedres.18.139     Document Type: Article

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