Effects of photoperiod and melatonin on the development of growth hormone cells and the pituitary-adrenal axis in the Djungarian hamster, Phodopus sungorus

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 211-222

  Hira, Y ^a   Sakai, Y ^a   Matsushima, S ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; MELATONIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; HAMSTER; HISTOLOGY; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; ZONA FASCICULATA; ZONA GLOMERULOSA;

EID: 0034984808     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.64.211     Document Type: Article

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