Open AccessSevere experimental uraemia does not decrease the population of rat pituitary somatotrophs
Author(s) -
Julián Rodrı́guez
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/13.10.2563
Subject(s) - somatotropic cell , endocrinology , medicine , pituitary gland , population , anterior pituitary , growth hormone , hormone , environmental health
Growth hormone (GH) secretion by the anterior pituitary has been shown to be depressed in severely uraemic rats. Changes in the population of pituitary somatotrophs might be partially responsible for this decrease.
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