Cortical-chromaffin cell interactions in the adrenal gland

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 91-98

  Schinner, Sven ^a   Bornstein, Stefan R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Adrenocortical cell; Catecholamines; Chromaffin cell; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENALIN; ALDOSTERONE; ALDOSTERONE SYNTHASE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOTROPIN; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 11A; CYTOCHROME P450 17; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; DOPAMINE; GALANIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE; PRASTERONE; SEROTONIN; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VASOPRESSIN;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL MEDULLA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CHROMAFFIN CELL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 25844492447     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/ep:16:2:091     Document Type: Review

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