Heme oxygenase in the rat anterior pituitary: Immunohistochemical localization and possible role in gonadotropin and prolactin secretion

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 64-69

  Alexandreanu, Iulia C ^a   Lawson, David M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Gonadotropins; Pituitary HO; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; HEME OXYGENASE; HEMIN; PROLACTIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037227147     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153537020322800109     Document Type: Article

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