Growth hormone-releasing hormone receptor (GHRH-R) and growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHS-R) mRNA levels during postnatal development in male and female rats

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 299-306

  Kamegai, J ^a,b   Wakabayashi, I ^c   Kineman, R D ^a   Frohman, Lawrence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

GHRH; GHRP; Hypothalamus; Ontogeny; Pituitary; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUE RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; PREGNANCY; RATS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, NEUROPEPTIDE; RECEPTORS, PITUITARY HORMONE-REGULATING HORMONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032985009     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1999.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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