Central effects of ghrelin on serum growth hormone and morphology of pituitary somatotropes in rats

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 231, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1610-1615

  Stevanovic D ^a   Milosevic V ^b   Nesic D ^a   Ajdzanovic V ^b   Starcevic V ^a   Severs, W B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebroventricular injections; GH cells; Ghrelin; Morphology; Pituitary; Rats

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING CELL; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; RAT; STOMACH;

EID: 33751316253     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: 15353699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153537020623101005     Document Type: Article

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