TRH acts as a multifunctional hypophysiotropic factor in vertebrates

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-50

  Galas, Ludovic ^a   Raoult, Emilie ^a,b   Tonon, Marie Christine ^a,b   Okada, Reiko ^c   Jenks, Bruce G ^d   Castaño, Justo P ^e   Kikuyama, Sakae ^c   Malagon, Maria ^e   Roubos, Eric W ^d   Vaudry, Hubert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Birds; Fish; Mammals; Pituitary cells; TRH; TRH receptors

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; GROWTH HORMONE; HISTIDINE; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROLACTIN; PROLINE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTIRELIN; TETRAPEPTIDE; THYROTROPIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIA; BIRD; FISH; FROG; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; HYPOPHYSIS PARS DISTALIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INNERVATION; MAMMAL; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MELANOTROPH; NONHUMAN; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; REVIEW; TADPOLE; TELEOST; THYROTROPIN RELEASE; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 67650729390     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.05.003     Document Type: Review

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