Genistein affects the morphology of pituitary ACTH cells and decreases circulating levels of ACTH and corticosterone in middle-aged male rats

Biological Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-23

  Ajdžanović, Vladimir Z ^a   TŠošič Jurjević, Branka ^a   Filipović, Branko ^a   Trifunović, Svetlana L ^a   Brkic, Dejan D ^b   Sekulić, Milka I ^a   Milosević, Verica L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH cells; Corticosterone; Genistein; Middle age; Orchidectomy; Rats

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; GENISTEIN;

ACTH SECRETING CELL; ANDROPAUSE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; TREATMENT DURATION; WISTAR RAT;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANDROPAUSE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; GENISTEIN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; ORCHIECTOMY; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

GLYCINE MAX; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 70350022776     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: 07176287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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