The intermediate lactotroph: A morphologically distinct, ghrelin-responsive pituitary cell in the dwarf (dw/dw) Rat

Endocrinology

Volumn 146, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 5012-5023

  Huerta Ocampo, Icnelia ^b   Christian, Helen C ^b   Thompson, Nichola M ^a,c   El Kasti, Muna M ^a   Wells, Timothy ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GHRELIN; GLUTAMATE SODIUM; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUE; HISTIDYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLALANYLTRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLLYSINAMIDE; PROLACTIN; PROTIRELIN; TANNIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DWARFISM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOPLASIA; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SECRETORY GRANULE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATIC CELL;

AGING; ANIMALS; DWARFISM; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PREGNANCY; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS;

EID: 26844546713     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2005-0335     Document Type: Article

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