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[Pituitary-adrenal function in female mice with mutation Agouti yellow (A(y))].
Rossiiskii fiziologicheskii zhurnal imeni I.M. Sechenova - 1 Nov 2004
Karkaeva N R, Iakovleva T V, Makarova E N, Shevchenko A Iu, Bazhan N M
Abstract excerpt
Agouti protein is a paracrine signaling factor modulating action of ACTH and alpha-MSH. Dominant mutation Ay causes ectopic, ubiquitous expression of Agouti protein in mice. It was shown that Ay mutation increased stress-induced hypothalamo-adrenal activity in male mice. There is a sex difference in the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis in rodents. The aim of this study was to test effects of ectopic...
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