Galanin within the normal and hyperplastic anterior pituitary gland: Localization, secretion, and functional analysis in normal and human growth hormone-releasing hormone transgenic mice

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1789-1799

  Moore Jr , Joseph P ^a,b   Cai, Aihua ^a   Maley, Bruce E ^a   Jennes, Lothar ^a   Hyde, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTRADIOL; GALANIN; GALANIN RECEPTOR; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0033054121     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.4.6648     Document Type: Article

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