Inhibin suppresses in vivo growth hormone secretion

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 293-296

  Carro, Eva ^a   Señarís, Rosa M ^a   Mallo, Federico ^b   Diéguez, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gonadal steroids; Gonadectomy; Growth hormone; Growth hormone releasing hormone; Inhibin; Pulsatility

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; INHIBIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONADECTOMY; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; INHIBINS; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SECRETORY RATE; SOMATOSTATIN; TESTIS;

EID: 0031728885     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054377     Document Type: Article

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