Effect of urocortin on ACTH secretion from rat anterior pituitary in vitro and in vivo: Comparison with corticotropin-releasing hormone

Brain Research

Volumn 806, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-103

  Asaba, Koichi ^a   Makino, Shinya ^a   Hashimoto, Kozo ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACTH; Anterior pituitary; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Proopiomelanocortin; Receptor; Urocortin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP; MESSENGER RNA; N [2 (4 BROMOCINNAMYLAMINO)ETHYL] 5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONAMIDE; PHORBOL ESTER; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; UROCORTIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032556074     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00747-1     Document Type: Article

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