Relationships between CB1 cannabinoid receptors and pituitary endocrine cells in Xenopus laevis: An immunohistochemical study

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 17-24

  Cesa, R ^a   Guastalla, A ^a   Cottone, E ^a   Mackie, K ^b   Beltramo, M ^c   Franzoni, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Direzione Medica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adenohypophysis; Amphibians; Cannabinoids; CB1 receptors; Hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE CELL; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NEUROSECRETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0036123612     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2001.7720     Document Type: Article

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