The expression and biological role of the non-neuronal cholinergic system in the ovary

Life Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 18-19, 2003, Pages 2039-2045

  Mayerhofer, Artur ^a   Dimitrijevic, Nicola ^a   Kunz, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Corpus luteum; Gap junctions; Granulosa cells; Neurotransmitter; Proliferation; Receptor; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CONNEXIN 43; ENZYME; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE CELL; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OVARY; RAT;

PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 0037470625     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(03)00081-X     Document Type: Article

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