Characteristics of the pituitary immunopositive ACTH cells in rat females after chronic exposure to constant light

Jugoslovenska Medicinska Biokemija

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-32

  Milošević, Verica ^a   Nestorović, Nataša ^a   Negić, Nataša ^a   Filipović, Branko ^a   Brkić, Branislava ^b   Starčević, Vesna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Clinical Hospital Centre   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

ACTH; ACTH cells; Constant light; Female rats; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STRESS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0037245784     PISSN: 03543447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/JMH0301027M     Document Type: Article

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