Short-term glucocorticoid administration decreases both hypothalamic and pituitary galanin synthesis in the adult male rat

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 792-796

  Brogan, Rebecca S ^b   Coney, Lisa K ^b   Wehrenberg, William B ^b   Beretta, Gianlorenzo ^b   Giustina, Andrea ^a  

^a SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GALANIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GROWTH HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; CHRONOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; GROWTH REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; STEROID THERAPY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0033039838     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(99)90181-6     Document Type: Article

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