Voltage-activated Ca2+ channels and their role in the endocrine function of the pituitary gland in newborn and adult mice

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 555, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 769-782

  Sedej, Simon ^a   Tsujimoto, Tetsuhiro ^b   Zorec, Robert ^c,d   Rupnik, Marjan ^a  

^a EUROPEAN NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d NONE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL R TYPE; CALCIUM ION; ESTROGEN; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL; ESTRADIOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE ACTIVATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UPREGULATION; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CELL HETEROGENEITY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; HORMONE RELEASE; MELANOTROPH; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BARIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MALE; MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES; MICE; PITUITARY GLAND; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS;

EID: 1642443172     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.058271     Document Type: Article

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