Angiotensin and calcium signaling in the pituitary and hypothalamus

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 315-333

  Suárez, Cecilia ^a   Tornadú, Isabel García ^a   Cristina, Carolina ^b   Vela, Jorge ^c   Iglesias, Arturo González ^d   Libertun, Carlos ^a   Díaz Torga, Graciela ^a   Becu Villalobos, Damasia ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b ANPCYT ^*  (Argentina)

^c Ministerio de Salud   (Argentina)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiotensin; Calcium; Desensitization; Hyperplasia; Hypothalamus; Pituitary; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; DIACYLGLYCEROL; ESTROGEN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROLACTIN; THAPSIGARGIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; HYPERPLASIA; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; NEURONS; PITUITARY HORMONES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN;

ANIMALIA; LAMIINAE; TERMINALIS;

EID: 0036625334     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020772018703     Document Type: Article

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