Evidence showing that β-endorphin regulates cyclic guanosine 3',5'- monophosphate (cGMP) efflux: Anatomical and functional support for an interaction between opiates and nitric oxide

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1537-1543

  Pu, S ^a   Horvath, T L ^b   Diano, S ^b   Naftolin, F ^b   Kalra, P S ^a   Kalra, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; CYCLIC GMP; NITRIC OXIDE; OPIATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONAD FUNCTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIPID MEMBRANE; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SECOND MESSENGER; TARGET CELL;

EID: 0030898763     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.4.5086     Document Type: Article

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