Morphometric and functional changes of rat pituitary somatotropes and lactotropes after central administration of somatostatin

Pharmacology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 28-34

  Milošević, Verica ^a   Brkić, Branislava ^a   Velkovski, S D ^b   Sekulić, Milka ^a   Lovren, Mirjana ^a   Starčević, Vesna ^b   Severs, W B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Growth hormone; Pituitary lactotropes; Pituitary somatotropes; Prolactin; Rats; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; PROLACTIN; SOMATOSTATIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SOMATIC CELL;

EID: 2642690677     PISSN: 00317012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028223     Document Type: Article

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