Proliferation and differentiation of rat anterior pituitary cells

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 206, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 1-11

  Taniguchi, Yutaka ^a   Yasutaka, Satoru ^a   Kominami, Rieko ^a   Shinohara, Harumichi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior pituitary; Endocrine system; Pituitary cell differentiation; Pituitary cell proliferation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BROXURIDINE; COLCHICINE; CORTICOTROPIN; CYCLINE; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; THYMIDINE; THYMINE DERIVATIVE; THYROTROPIN; TRITIUM;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL CELL; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CASTRATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CELL TYPE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MITOSIS RATE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TARGET ORGAN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; ORGANOGENESIS; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY HORMONES, ANTERIOR; RATS;

ANIMALIA; TRITIUM;

EID: 0036459977     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-002-0271-8     Document Type: Review

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