Hexarelin stimulation of growth hormone release and mrna levels in an infant and adult rat model of impaired ghrh function

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 91-97

  Torsello, Antonio ^a   Luoni, Marina ^a   Grilli, Roberta ^a   Guidi, Margherita ^a   Wehrenberg, William B ^b   Deghenghi, Romano ^c   Müller, Eugenio E ^a   Locatelli, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c Ardana   (France)

Author keywords

Development; Growth hormone; Growth hormone releasing hormone; Growth hormone releasing peptides

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HEXARELIN; HYPOTHALAMUS RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; MALE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031027647     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127168     Document Type: Article

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