Importance of ghrelin in hypothalamus - pituitary axis on growth hormone release during normal pregnancy in the rat

Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 443-449

  Szczepankiewicz, D ^a   Skrzypski, M ^a,b   Pruszynska Oszmalek, E ^a   Zimmermann, D ^a   Andralojc, K ^a,c   Kaczmarek, P ^a   Wojciechowicz, T ^a   Sassek, M ^a   Nowak, K W ^a  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ghrelin; Growth factors; Growth factors receptors; Growth hormone; Hypothalamus; Placenta; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GHRELIN RECEPTOR; GHRELIN RECEPTOR 1A; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HORMONE PRECURSOR; PROGHRELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GHRELIN BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BRAIN LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RAT;

ANIMALS; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, SOMATOTROPIN; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 77957026240     PISSN: 08675910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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