Plasticity of the hormone receptors and possibility of their deformation in neonatal age.
Gonadotropin or TSH treated newborn animals reacted to TSH treatment in their adult age in a lesser degree than control ones. This suggests the plasticity of hormone receptors and the possibility of their deformation in neonatal age.
D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D006062:Gonadotropins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood*
D006062:Gonadotropins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D013972:Thyrotropin; D013974:Thyroxine