Acetylcholine increases intracellular Ca2+ in the rat pituitary folliculostellate cells in primary culture

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 280, Issue 4 43-4, 2001, Pages

  Nakajima, Yusaku ^a   Uchiyama, Maki ^a   Shirai, Yasumasa ^a   Sakuma, Yasuo ^a   Kato, Masakatsu ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium imaging; Cholinergic modulation; M1 receptor; Paracrine mechanism

Indexed keywords

1 [[6 (3 METHOXYESTRA 1,3,5(10) TRIEN 17BETA YL)AMINO]HEXYL] 1H PYRROLE 2,5 DIONE; ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; CALCIUM ION; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NEOMYCIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PIRENZEPINE; THAPSIGARGIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL CULTURE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE CELL; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0035020815     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.2001.280.4.e608     Document Type: Article

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