Endogenous production of nitric oxide and effects of nitric oxide and superoxide on melanotrope functioning in the pituitary pars intermedia of Xenopus laevis

Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-28

  Allaerts, Wilfried ^a,d   Koopman, Werner J H ^a   Verlaan, Bert P J ^b   Buzzi, Marco ^c   Steerenberg, Peter A ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d JOSEPHINE NEFKENS INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Folliculo stellate cells; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Melanotropes; Nitric oxide; Pituitary pars intermedia; Superoxide; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CYCLIC GMP; GUANYLATE CYCLASE INHIBITOR; LINSIDOMINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PEROXYNITRITE; SUPEROXIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0034103446     PISSN: 10898603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/niox.1999.0266     Document Type: Article

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