A population of non-luteinising hormone/non-adrenocorticotrophic hormone-positive cells in the male rat anterior pituitary responds mitotically to both gonadectomy and adrenalectomy

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 655-661

  Nolan, Lesley A ^a,b   Levy, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Mitosis; Progenitor; Trophic

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADRENALECTOMY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONADECTOMY; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MITOSIS; MITOSIS RATE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REPRODUCIBILITY; STEM CELL;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MITOSIS; MITOTIC INDEX; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STEM CELLS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TESTIS;

EID: 33746502581     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2006.01459.x     Document Type: Article

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