In vivo correlation between c-Fos expression and corticotroph stimulation by adrenocorticotrophic hormone secretagogues in rat anterior pituitary gland

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 331, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 589-594

  Takigami, Shu ^a   Fujiwara, Ken ^a   Kikuchi, Motoshi ^a   Yashiro, Takashi ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior pituitary gland; Corticotroph; Corticotrophin releasing hormone; Immunohistochemistry; Rat (Sprague Dawley, male); Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN C FOS;

ACTH SECRETING CELL; ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CORRELATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN SECRETING CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPHS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LACTOTROPHS; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONES; PROLACTIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS;

RATTUS;

EID: 39149135816     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-007-0547-7     Document Type: Article

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