The thyrotropin-releasing hormone-like peptides pGlu-Phe-Pro amide and pGlu-Glu-Pro amide increase plasma triiodothyronine levels in the mouse; the activity is sensitive to testosterone

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 358, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-67

  Cremades, Asunción ^a   Peñafiel, Rafael ^a   Rausell, Victor ^a   Del Rio Garcia, Jesus ^a   Smyth, Derek G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

K+ deprivation; Testosterone; Thyroid status; TRH (thyrotropin releasing hormone); TRH like peptide

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; PEPTIDE; PROTIRELIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM DEPLETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; CASTRATION; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PYRROLIDONECARBOXYLIC ACID; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0032566635     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(98)00593-7     Document Type: Article

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