Physiological and pathophysiological aspects of thyrotropin-releasing hormone gene expression in the human hypothalamus

Thyroid

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 921-928

  Fliers, Eric ^a,b   Wiersinga, Wilmar M ^a   Swaab, Dick F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Amsterdam University Medical Center   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; GLUTARALDEHYDE; LIOTHYRONINE; MESSENGER RNA; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; PICRIC ACID; PROTIRELIN; THYROTROPIN;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031733406     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.1998.8.921     Document Type: Conference Paper

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