Cell and molecular biology of the pars tuberalis of the pituitary

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 185, Issue , 1998, Pages 157-194

  Wittkowski, Werner ^a   Bockmann, Jürgen ^a   Kreutz, Michael R ^b   Böckers, Tobias M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Melatonin; Pars tuberalis; Photoperiod; Pituitary; Prolactin.; Tuberalin

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; PROLACTIN;

CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CYTOLOGY; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PERIODICITY; PHOTOPERIOD; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY HORMONES, ANTERIOR; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; REPRODUCTION; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0031657909     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)60151-5     Document Type: Article

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