The effect of streptozotocin-diabetes on β-endorphin level and proopiomelanocortin gene expression in the rat pituitary

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 261, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 118-120

  Cheung, C Y ^a   Tang, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Pituitary; Proopiomelanocortin mRNA; Rat; Streptozotocin; Endorphin

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

EID: 0033548229     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)01008-8     Document Type: Article

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