Effects of photoperiod and androgen on proopiomelanocortin gene expression in the arcuate nucleus of golden hamsters

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 197-206

  Bittman, Eric L ^a   Tubbiola, Maureen L ^a,b   Foltz, Gretchen ^a,c   Hegarty, Catherine M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b University of Great Falls ^*  (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; BETA ENDORPHIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HAMSTER; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PINEAL BODY; PINEALECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0032943854     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.1.6458     Document Type: Article

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