Infundibular tanycytes as modulators of neuroendocrine function: Hypothetical role in the regulation of the thyroid and gonadal axis

Acta Biomedica

Volumn 78, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 84-98

  Lechan, Ronald M ^a,b   Fekete, Csaba ^a,c  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Deiodinase; Feeding; Hypothalamic pituitary thyroid axis; Hypothalamus; Median eminence; Reproduction; Seasonal breeders; Tanycytes

Indexed keywords

IODIDE PEROXIDASE; IODOTHYRONINE DEIODINASE TYPE II; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOLOGY; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; EPENDYMA; GLIA; GONAD; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFECTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; THYROID GLAND; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CYTOKINESIS; EPENDYMA; FASTING; GONADS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFECTION; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROGLIA; PERIODICITY; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; REPRODUCTION; THIRD VENTRICLE; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 34347240795     PISSN: 03924203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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