Leptin and ciliary neurotrophic factor enhance the formation of gap junctions between folliculostellate cells in castrated male rats

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 269-278

  Sakuma, Eisuke ^a   Herbert, Damon C ^a   Soji, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; LEPTIN; RECOMBINANT CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; RECOMBINANT LEPTIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STELLATE CELL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0036669260     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.65.269     Document Type: Article

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