Prolactin induces adrenal hypertrophy

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-199

  Silva, E J ^a   Felicio, L F ^a   Nasello, A G ^b   Zaidan Dagli, M ^a   Anselmo Franci, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Santa Casa de São Paulo Escola de Ciencias Medicas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Domperidone; Dopamine; Morphometry; Pituitary; Rats

Indexed keywords

DOMPERIDONE; PROLACTIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPERTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT; ZONA FASCICULATA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1442282038     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2004000200005     Document Type: Article

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