Immunochemical identification of thyrotropes and gonadotropes in the pars distalis and pars tuberalis of the toad (Bufo boreas) with reference to ontogenic changes

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-94

  Pearson, Anita K ^a   Hayes, Tyrone B ^a   Licht, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bufo boreas; Gonadotropes; Immunocytochemistry; Pars tuberalis; Pituitary; Thyrotropes; Toad

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; THYROTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FETUS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS PARS DISTALIS; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TADPOLE; TOAD;

EID: 0032126789     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1998.7091     Document Type: Article

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