Hypothalamic control of development and aging of the thymus

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 177-185

  Hirokawa, Katsuiku ^a   Utsuyama, Masanori ^a   Kobayashi, Satoru ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Growth hormone; Growth hormone release inhibitory hormone; Growth hormone releasing hormone; Hypothalamus; Thymus

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; SOMATOSTATIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYMUS; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYPERPLASIA; HYPOTHALAMUS, ANTERIOR; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0032579225     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(97)00135-8     Document Type: Article

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