Hypothalamic regulation of the pituitary-thyroid axis in the tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-84

  Sukumar, P ^a   Munro, A D ^a   Mok, E Y M ^a   Subburaju, S ^a   Lam, T J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; LIOTHYRONINE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TILAPIA;

EID: 0031128106     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.6852     Document Type: Article

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