Ageing and melatonin influence on in vitro gonadotropins and prolactin secretion from pituitary and median eminence

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 173-183

  Fernandez Alvarez C ^a   Diaz Rodriguez E ^a   Pazo Vinuesa, D ^b   Esquifino Parras, A I ^b   Diaz Lopez B ^a  

^a Universita di Oviedo   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ageing; Gonadotropins; Median eminence; Melatonin; Pituitary; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; MELATONIN; PROLACTIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RAT;

EID: 0343619429     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(00)00101-9     Document Type: Article

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