Exocytosis sensitivity to growth hormone-releasing hormone in subsets of GH cells in rats under different corticosterone conditions. Ultrastructural study using microwave irradiation for fixation and immunocytochemistry

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 507-515

  Ozawa, Hitoshi ^a   Han, Fang ^a   Kawata, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTERONE; GOLD; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; PROTEIN A;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EXOCYTOSIS; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MALE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; EXOCYTOSIS; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MICROWAVES; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 11244339914     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.1.05656     Document Type: Article

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