Genesis of the ultradian rhythm of GH secretion: A new model unifying experimental observations in rats

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 275, Issue 6 38-6, 1998, Pages

  Wagner, Clemens ^a,c   Roy Caplan, S ^a,b   Tannenbaum, Gloria S ^a,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Growth hormone receptor; Growth hormone releasing hormone; Hypothalamus; Mathematical model; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; SOMATOSTATIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULTRADIAN RHYTHM;

EID: 1842544567     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1998.275.6.e1046     Document Type: Article

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