Tachykinins in the pineal gland: Effect of castration and ganglionectomy

Peptides

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1073-1078

  Debeljuk, L ^a   Arce, A ^b   GarciaBonacho, M ^b   Bartke, A ^a   Esquifino, A I ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

NKA; Pineal; Superior cervical ganglia Castration; Tachykinins; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

NEUROKININ A; TACHYKININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLIONECTOMY;

ANIMALS; CASTRATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GANGLIONECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROKININ A; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031876224     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(98)00050-3     Document Type: Article

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