Mechanisms for stimulation of rat anterior pituitary cells by arginine and other amino acids

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 502, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 421-431

  Villalobos, Carlos ^a   Núñez, Lucía ^a   García Sancho, Javier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; DIHYDROPYRIDINE; GROWTH HORMONE; PROLACTIN; PROTIRELIN; SODIUM ION; TETRODOTOXIN; ALANINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CITRULLINE; CYCLOLEUCINE; DEXTRO ALANINE; DEXTRO ARGININE; DEXTRO LYSINE; DEXTRO VALINE; GLYCINE; HOMOSERINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; N METHYLALANINE; N METHYLTRYPTOPHAN; ORNITHINE; PROLINE; SERINE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL STIMULATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RAT; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IN VITRO STUDY;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ARGININE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSOL; DIHYDROPYRIDINES; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TETRODOTOXIN; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 1842338763     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1997.421bk.x     Document Type: Article

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