Expression of activin and follistatin in the rat hypothalamus: Anatomical association with gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons and possible role of central activin in the regulation of luteinizing hormone release

Endocrine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 233-241

  MacConell, Leigh A ^a   Widger, Amy E ^b   Barth Hall, Sara ^b   Roberts, Veronica J ^b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activin; Follistatin; Gonadotropin releasing hormone

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; FOLLISTATIN; GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DISULFIDE BOND; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0032469875     PISSN: 1355008X     EISSN: 15590100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/ENDO:9:3:233     Document Type: Article

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