Gonadotroph heterogeneity, density and distribution, and gonadotroph-lactotroph associations in the pars distalis of the male equine pituitary gland

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 432-440

  Townsend, J ^a   Sneddon, C L ^a   Tortonese, Domingo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Follicle stimulating hormone; Luteinizing hormone; Pituitary; Prolactin; Seasonal reproduction

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CELL DENSITY; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL INTERACTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONAD FUNCTION; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORSE; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; HYPOPHYSIS PARS DISTALIS; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; GONADAL HORMONES; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY; HORSES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PROLACTIN; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; TESTIS;

EID: 2942613695     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2004.01174.x     Document Type: Article

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