Cholinergic signal transduction cascades in rat pinealocytes: Functional and ontogenetic aspects

Reproduction Nutrition Development

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 305-314

  Schomerus, Christof ^a   Korf, Horst Werner ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glutamate; Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Norepinephrine; Pinealocyte (rat)

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC AMP; GLUTAMIC ACID; MELATONIN; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN; THAPSIGARGIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL FUNCTION; CHANNEL GATING; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PINEALOCYTE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033382757     PISSN: 09265287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/rnd:19990303     Document Type: Conference Paper

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