Influence of photoinhibition on the morphology and function of pituitary lactotropes in male golden hamsters

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 316-325

  Cónsole, Gloria M ^a,d   Jurado, Susana B ^b   Petruccelli, Miguel ^b   Carino, Mónica ^a   Calandra, Ricardo S ^b,c   Gómez Dumm, César L A ^a  

^a Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

^d FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Hamster; Immunocytochemistry; Lactotropes; Photoperiod; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GOLGI COMPLEX; HAMSTER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROLACTIN SECRETING CELL; PROLACTIN SYNTHESIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RIBOSOME; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SECRETORY GRANULE;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHOTOPERIOD; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PROLACTIN;

EID: 0036095884     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000057341     Document Type: Article

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