Postnatal changes in ghrelin mRNA expression and in ghrelin-producing cells in the rat stomach

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 463-471

  Sakata, I ^a   Tanaka, T ^a   Matsubara, M ^a   Yamazaki, M ^a   Tani, S ^a   Hayashi, Y ^a   Kangawa, K ^a   Sakai, T ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUE RECEPTOR; LIGAND; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH; STOMACH FUNCTION; STOMACH FUNDUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; STOMACH;

EID: 0036740416     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1740463     Document Type: Article

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