Prepubertal changes in the synthesis, storage and release of growth hormone and luteinising hormone and in the immunoreactivity of oestrogen receptor-α in lamb pituitary cells. A morphofunctional study

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-267

  Polkowska, Jolanta ^a   Wańkowska, Marta ^a   Riddestråle, Yvonne ^b   Wójcik Gładysz, Anna ^a   Madej, Andrzej ^b   Tillet, Yves ^c  

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

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

Growth hormone cells; Lamb; Luteinising cells; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; MESSENGER RNA;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL ASSAY; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LAMB; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP;

EID: 41549127182     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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