Mast cells in the rat brain synthesize gonadotropin-releasing hormone
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Mast cells in the rat brain synthesize gonadotropin-releasing hormone.
Mast cells occur in the brain and their number changes with reproductive status. While it has been suggested that brain mast cells contain the mammalian hypothalamic form of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH-I), it is not known whether mast cells synthesize GnRH-I de novo. In the present study, mast cells in the rat thalamus were immunoreactive to antisera generated against GnRH-I and the Gn...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurobiology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0022-3034,1097-4695
DOI: 10.1002/neu.10220