Acetylcholine stimulates growth hormone secretion in the neonatal rat pituitary

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 935-939

  Pinter I ^a   Makara, G B ^a   Acs Zs ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; GH secretion; Muscarinic receptor; Neonatal; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

4 DIPHENYLACETOXY 1 METHYLPIPERIDINE; ACETYLCHOLINE; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONE; METHOCTRAMINE; MUSCARINIC AGENT; MUSCARINIC M1 RECEPTOR; NICOTINE; PIRENZEPINE;

ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DOSE RESPONSE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029908274     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.1996.tb00824.x     Document Type: Article

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