Sympathetic nervous system activity in rat thyroid: Potential role in goitrogenesis

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 288, Issue 5 51-5, 2005, Pages

  Young, James B ^a   Bürgi Saville, M Elizabeth ^b   Bürgi, Ulrich ^b   Landsberg, Lewis ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cold exposure; Diet; Fasting; Iodine deficiency; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

IODINE; IODINE 125; METIROSINE; NORADRENALIN; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THYROTROPIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECENTRALIZATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; GOITER; IN VIVO STUDY; IODINE 125 UPTAKE TEST; IODINE DEFICIENCY; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; COLD; GOITER; HOMEOSTASIS; IODINE; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; NOREPINEPHRINE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 17444390041     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00292.2004     Document Type: Article

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