Receptors and sites of synthesis and storage of γ-aminobutyric acid in human pituitary glands and in growth hormone adenomas

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 550-558

  End, Katrin ^a   Gamel Didelon, Katia ^a   Jung, Heike ^b   Tolnay, Markus ^c   Lüdecke, Dieter ^d   Gratzl, Manfred ^a   Mayerhofer, Artur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LILLY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

GABA receptors; GH adenomas; GH cells; Glutamate decarboxylase 65 67; Growth hormone; Vesicular GABA transporter

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID C RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 25844516538     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/6RV8JFDY57DU97KT     Document Type: Article

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