Up-regulation of nitric oxide synthase (nos) gene expression together with nos activity in the rat hypothalamo-hypophysial system after chronic salt loading: Evidence of a neuromodulatory role of nitric oxide in arginine vasopressin and oxytocin secretion

Endocrinology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 1011-1017

  Kadowaki, Kozo ^a,b   Kishimotos, Jiro ^a,c   Leng, Gareth ^a   Emsonq, Piers C ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c SHISEIDO RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SALT LOADING; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; VASOPRESSIN RELEASE;

AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANIMAL; ARGIPRESSIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXYTOCIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028211714     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.134.3.7509733     Document Type: Article

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