Effects of maternal deprivation on the somatotrophic axis and neuropeptide Y in the hypothalamus and pituitary in female lambs. The histomorphometric study

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 299-305

  Polkowska, Jolanta ^a   Wańkowska, Marta ^a  

^a KIELANOWSKI INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND NUTRITION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Growth hormone; Immunohistochemistry; Maternal separation; Neuropeptide Y; Sheep; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SOMATOSTATIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING CELL; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77957237870     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10042-010-0024-0     Document Type: Article

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