Evidence for the involvement of non-androgenic testicular factors in the regulation of hypothalamic somatostatin and GHRH mRNA levels

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 220-226

  Lago, F ^a   Senaris R M ^a   Emson, P C ^b   Dominguez F ^a   Dieguez C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GHRH; Hypothalamus; Non androgenic testicular factors; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMESYLATE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SOMATOSTATIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONADECTOMY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0343526172     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-328X(95)00215-E     Document Type: Article

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