Centrally applied somatostatin influences morphology of pituitary FSH cells but not FSH release

General Physiology and Biophysics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 375-380

  Milosevic V ^a   Nestorovic N ^a   Filipovic B ^a   Velkovski, Saško ^b   Starcevic V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

FSH; FSH cell; Rat; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; SOMATOSTATIN 14; SOMATOSTATIN 28;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 8544240885     PISSN: 02315882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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