Angiotensinase activity in hypothalamus and pituitary of hypothyroid, euthyroid and hyperthyroid adult male rats

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 279-281

  Prieto, I ^a   Segarra, A B ^a   Vargas, F ^b   Alba, F ^c   De Gasparo, M ^d   Ramirez M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c Inst Neurociencias Federico Oloriz   (Spain)

^d NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aminopeptidases; Angiotensin; Hypothalamus; Pituitary; Thyroid Dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTHYROIDISM; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; THYROID HORMONE RELEASE;

ANIMALS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MEMBRANES; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0041426733     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-41302     Document Type: Article

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