Endogenous endothelins are not involved in the maintenance and stimulation of the adrenal growth in immature and young rats

Biomedical Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 171-173

  Markowska, Anna ^a   Belloni, Anna S ^b   Hochol, Anna ^a   Nussdorfer, Gastone G ^b,c   Malendowicz, Ludwick K ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLO(DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO ASPARTYLPROLYL DEXTRO VALYLLEUCYL); ENDOTHELIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; N (2,6 DIMETHYLPIPERIDINOCARBONYL) 4 METHYLLEUCYL DEXTRO (1 METHOXYCARBONYLTRYPTOPHANYL) DEXTRO NORLEUCINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METAPHASE; MITOSIS INDEX; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; ZONA GLOMERULOSA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031680317     PISSN: 03886107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2220/biomedres.19.171     Document Type: Article

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