Hormone uptake and morphological changes in cultured pituicytes exposed to oxytocin and vasopressin

Biocell

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 103-108

  Espelt, María V ^a   Bilinski, Mario ^a   Tramezzani, Juan H ^a  

^a Instituto Neurobiologia Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Neural lobe; Oxytocin; Pituicytes; Primary culture; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE TRANSPORT; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; OXYTOCIN; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASOPRESSINS;

ANIMALIA; OXY;

EID: 0031752688     PISSN: 03279545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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