Hypophysiotropic somatostatin expression during postnatal development in growth hormone-deficient ames dwarf mice: Mrna in situ hybridization

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 98-106

  Hurley, David L ^a   Wee, Beth E F ^a   Phelps, Carol J ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Dwarf mouse; Growth hormone; In situ hybridization; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; SOMATOSTATIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSTATIN RELEASE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; DWARFISM; GROWTH HORMONE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PITUITARY GLAND; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA, MESSENGER; SOMATOSTATIN;

EID: 0031034249     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127169     Document Type: Article

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