Effect of neonatal and adult testosterone treatment on the cellular composition of the adult female rat anterior pituitary

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 265-276

  Gonzalez Parra S ^a   Argente, J ^a,b   Garcia Segura L M ^c   Chowen, J A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTIL UNIVERSITARIO NIÑO JESÚS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN SYNTHESIS; PUBERTY; RAT;

EID: 0034078631     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1640265     Document Type: Article

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