Involvement of Endogenous Nitric Oxide in the Control of Pituitary Responsiveness to Different Elicitors of Growth Hormone Release in Prepubertal Rats

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 146-152

  Tena Sempere, Manuel ^a   Pinilla, Leonor ^a   González, Dolores ^a   Aguilar, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cyclic guanosine monophosphate; Excitatory amino acids; Growth hormone; Growth hormone releasing hormone; Growth hormone releasing peptide; N methyl D aspartate; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC GMP; 8-BROMOCYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING HEXAPEPTIDE; N METHYLASPARTIC ACID; N(G) NITROARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; OLIGOPEPTIDE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; RAT; SECRETION; WISTAR RAT; ANIMAL CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND MESSENGER;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC GMP; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROARGININE; NITROPRUSSIDE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0029662183     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127112     Document Type: Article

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