Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid and growth hormone secretion: Studies in rats and dogs

Alcohol

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 293-304

  Rigamonti, Antonello E ^a   Müller, Eugenio E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clonidine hydrochloride; Dogs; Gamma hydroxybutyric acid; Growth hormone; Hexarelin; NCS 382; Pituitary cell cultures; Prolactin; Rats

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOVER; BACLOFEN; CATEPRESAN; CLONIDINE; GROWTH HORMONE; HEXARELIN; NCS 382; PROLACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACLOFEN; CLONIDINE; DOGS; FEMALE; GABA AGONISTS; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; MALE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PITUITARY GLAND; PROLACTIN; RATS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0343953464     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-8329(99)00094-4     Document Type: Article

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