Effects of ageing and pharmacological hypothyroidism on pituitary-thyroid axis of Dutch-Miranda and Wistar rats

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 330-334

  Moreira, D G ^a   Marassi, M P ^a   Correa Da Costa V M ^a   Carvalho, D P ^a   Rosenthal, D ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ageing; Hypothyroidism; Methimazole; Rat; Thyroid hormones; Thyrotropin

Indexed keywords

THIAMAZOLE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN RELEASE; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SAMBUCUS NIGRA CANADENSIS;

EID: 16844366667     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2005.01.006     Document Type: Article

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