Corticosteroids stimulate the differentiation of growth hormone cells but suppress that of prolactin cells in the fetal rat pituitary

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-81

  Sato, Kazuhisa ^a   Watanabe, Yuichi G ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GROWTH HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROLACTIN SECRETING CELL; RAT;

EID: 0031967562     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.61.75     Document Type: Article

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