Immunoreactive TSH cells in the pituitary of female middle-aged rats after treatment with estradiol or calcium

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-191

  Sekulić, Milka ^a   Lovren, Mirjana ^a   Milošević, Verica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Calcium; Estradiol; Pituitary; Rats; TSH cells

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL DIPROPIONATE;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VOLUME; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS PARS DISTALIS; HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; THYROTROPIN RELEASE;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0031956625     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-1281(98)80026-3     Document Type: Article

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