Most lactotrophs from lactating rats are able to respond to both thyrotropin-releasing hormone and dopamine

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 121-129

  Reid, Gordon ^a   Bauer, Christiane K ^a   Bunting, Richard ^b   Mason, William T ^b   Schwarz, Jürgen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior pituitary; Dopamine; Intracellular calcium; Lactating rat; Lactotroph cell; Thyrotropin releasing hormone

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; DOPAMINE; PROTIRELIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LACTATION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN SECRETING CELL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; LACTATION; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 0030606125     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(96)03933-0     Document Type: Article

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