Mitoses of thyrotrophs contribute to the proliferation of the rat pituitary gland during the early postnatal period

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 206, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 67-72

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

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bromodeoxyuridine; Ontogenesis; PCNA; Proliferation; TSH

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CYCLINE; THYROTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPERPLASIA; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITOSIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITOSIS; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THYROTROPIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036459985     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-002-0283-4     Document Type: Article

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