A role for non-neuronal cells in synchronization of intracellular calcium oscillations in primate LHRH neurons

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 141, Issue , 2002, Pages 283-291

  Terasawa, Ei ^a,b   Richter, Trevor A ^a   Keen, Kim L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GONADORELIN RELEASE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROSECRETION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0036455998     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(02)41099-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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