Nitric oxide (NO) stimulates gonadotropin secretion in vitro through a calcium-dependent, cGMP-independent mechanism

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 180-186

  Pinilla, Leonor ^a   Gonzaĺez, Dolores ^a   Tena Sempere, Manuel ^a   Aguilar, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ca2+; cGMP; Gonadotropins; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

6 ANILINO 5,8 QUINOLINEQUINONE; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC GMP; EGTAZIC ACID; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NIFEDIPINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; SODIUM THIOSULFATE; THIOSULFATE SULFURTRANSFERASE; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SECOND MESSENGER;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELLS, CULTURED; CHELATING AGENTS; CYCLIC GMP; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITROPRUSSIDE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0031671851     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054364     Document Type: Article

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