Gonadal steroid modulation of neuroendocrine transduction: A transynaptic view

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 357-382

  Alonso Solís, Rafael ^a,b   Abreu, Pedro ^a   López Coviella, Ignacio ^a   Hernández, Guadalberto ^a   Fajardo, Natalia ^a   Hernández Díaz, Francisco ^a   Díaz Cruz, Aniria ^a   Hernández, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b Facultad de Medicina   (Spain)

Author keywords

adrenergic receptors; cAMP; estradiol; GT1 7 cells; melatonin; norepinephrine; pineal gland; progesterone; testosterone; tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; ESTRADIOL; MELATONIN; NORADRENALIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADRENERGIC FIBERS; ANIMALS; CASTRATION; CATTLE; CELL LINE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYCLIC AMP; EPINEPHRINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; MELATONIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PINEAL GLAND; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; SECRETORY RATE; SYMPATHOLYTICS; SYMPATHOMIMETICS; TAMOXIFEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 0029901750     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02088101     Document Type: Article

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