Morphofunctional characteristics of ACTH cells in middle-aged male rats after treatment with genistein

General Physiology and Biophysics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-97

  Milšević, Verica Lj ^a   Ajdžanović, Vladimir Z ^a   Šošić Jurjević, Branka T ^a   Filipović, Branko R ^a   Brkić, Marjana P ^a   Nestorović, Nataša M ^a   Sekulić, Milka I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

ACTH; Genistein; Middle age; Orchidectomy; Rats

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GENISTEIN;

ACTH SECRETING CELL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CELL DENSITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; RAT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; CORTICOTROPHS; GENISTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

GLYCINE MAX; RATTUS;

EID: 65349120032     PISSN: 02315882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4149/gpb_2009_01_94     Document Type: Article

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