Prepubertal changes in the synthesis, storage and release of the somatostatin in the hypothalamus of female lambs: A morphofunctional study

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-58

  Polkowska, Jolanta ^a   Wójcik Gładysz, Anna ^a   Wańkowska, Marta ^a   Bruneau, Gilles ^b   Tillet, Yves ^b  

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

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

Author keywords

Puberty; Sheep; Somatostatin neurons

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SOMATOSTATIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LAMB; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SOMATOSTATIN RELEASE;

ANIMALS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SHEEP; SOMATOSTATIN;

EID: 46949093964     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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