Effects of ovariectomy and chronic estradiol administration on pituitary-thyroid axis in adult rats

Life Sciences

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 890-897

  Sosic Jurjevic B ^a   Filipovic B ^a   Milosevic V ^a   Nestorovic N ^a   Negic N ^a   Sekulic M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Ovariectomy; Pituitary thyroid axis; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL DIPROPIONATE; THYROTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL STIMULATION; CELL VOLUME; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARIECTOMY; PRESERVATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOLOGY; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33745738557     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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