Ontogeny and sexual differentiation of somatostatin biosynthesis and secretion in the hypothalamic periventricular-median eminence pathway

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-42

  Murray, H E ^a   Simonian, S X ^b   Herbison, A E ^b   Gillies, Glenda E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Median eminence; Ontogeny; Periventricular nucleus; Sexual dimorphism; Somatostatin; Ventromedial nucleus

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; EXPLANT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOMATOSTATIN;

EID: 0032901952     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1999.00287.x     Document Type: Article

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