Effects of a low-protein diet on prolactin- and growth hormone-producing cells in the rat pituitary gland

Anatomical Record

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-43

  Hara, Masayuki ^a   Herbert, Damon C ^b   Taniguchi, Takashi ^c   Hattori, Atsuhiko ^d   Ohtani Kaneko, Ritsuko ^a   Iigo, Masayuki ^a   Kato, Yukio ^e   Hirata, Kazuaki ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c SRL INC   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunocytochemistry; In situ hybridization; Mammotrophs; Quantitative morphological analysis; Somatotrophs

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; GROWTH REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROTEIN INTAKE; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; DIETARY PROTEINS; GROWTH HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031900943     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199805)251:1<37::AID-AR7>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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