Substance P-immunoreactive cells in the ovine pars tuberalis

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-8

  Skinner, Donal C ^a   Lang, A Lee ^a   Pahl, Lindsay ^a   Wang, Qi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurokinin; Prolactin; Seasonal rhythms; Substance P; Tachykinin

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PREPROTACHYKININ; PROLACTIN; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEASONS; SHEEP; SUBSTANCE P; TACHYKININS;

EID: 59049090792     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000167797     Document Type: Article

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