The osmotic component of ethanol and urea action is critical for their immediate stimulation of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) release from rat brain septum

Physiological Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 309-314

  Kucerova J ^a   Strbak V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Cell volume; Ethanol; Septum; TRH; Urea

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PROTIRELIN; UREA;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SWELLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE RELEASE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; RAT; SEDATION; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; HYPOTONIC SOLUTIONS; MALE; NEURONS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEPTUM OF BRAIN; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; UREA;

EID: 0034894717     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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