Frog chromaffin and adrenocortical cell co-cultures: A model for the study of medullary control of corticosteroidogenesis

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 539-549

  Shepherd, Stacie P ^a   Holzwarth, Matilde A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenocortical; Adrenocortical innervation; Chromaffin; Co culture; Sympathoendocrine interaction

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CARBACHOL; CATECHOLAMINE; CELL ENZYME; CELL MARKER; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; HISTAMINE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; POTASSIUM;

ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ALDOSTERONE RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CHROMAFFIN CELL; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; FROG; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CHROMAFFIN SYSTEM; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; CYTOPLASM; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURITES; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; RANA PIPIENS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0031860834     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1998.00236.x     Document Type: Article

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