The chicken embryo as a model for developmental endocrinology: Development of the thyrotropic, corticotropic, and somatotropic axes

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 293, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 17-24

  De Groef, B ^a   Grommen, S V H ^a   Darras, V M ^a  

^a Animal Physiology and Neurobiology Section   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chicken embryo; Development; Hatching; Hypothalamus; Pituitary gland

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE; PROTIRELIN; THYROTROPIN;

ACTH SECRETING CELL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CHICKEN; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENOMICS; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING CELL; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSGENICS; TSH SECRETING CELL;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CORTICOTROPHS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; GENOMICS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PITUITARY GLAND; SOMATOTROPHS; THYROTROPHS;

EID: 51249106672     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2008.06.002     Document Type: Review

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