Central estrogen-like effect of genistein on growth hormone secretion in the ewe

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 411-419

  Misztal, Tomasz ^a   Wańkowska, Marta ^a   Górski, Konrad ^a   Romanowicz, Katarzyna ^a  

^a KIELANOWSKI INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND NUTRITION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Estradiol; Genistein; Growth hormone; Sheep endocrinology; Somatotropes

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GENISTEIN; GROWTH HORMONE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EWE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENISTEIN; GROWTH HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; OVARIECTOMY; PHYTOESTROGENS; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; SHEEP;

EID: 38149019196     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: 00651400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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