Nitric oxide synthase and cgmp in the anterior pituitary gland: Effect of a gnrh antagonist and nitric oxide donors

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-156

  Yamada, Kaoru ^a   Xu, Zhi Qing ^a   Zhang, Xu ^a   Gustafsson, Lars ^b   Hulting, Anna Lena ^c   De Vente, Jan ^d   Steinbusch, Harry W M ^d   Hökfelt, Tomas ^a  

^a Departments of Neuroscience   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cyclic GMP; Folliculo stellate cells; Gonadotropes; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Gonadotropins; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; ITURELIX; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; ENDOCRINE CELL; GONADECTOMY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CYCLIC GMP; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0031036782     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127175     Document Type: Article

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