Somatostatin acts by inhibiting pituitary TSH cells in female rats

Acta Veterinaria

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-12

  Sekulić, Milka ^a   Lovren, Mirjana ^a   Milošević, Verica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Female rats; Immunohistochemistry; Pituitary; Somatostatin; TSH cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346425008     PISSN: 05678315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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