Intercellular communication within the rat anterior pituitary: Relationship between LH-RH neurons and folliculo-stellate cells in the pars tuberalis

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 317, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-90

  Mabuchi, Yoshio ^a   Shirasawa, Nobuyuki ^b   Sakuma, Eisuke ^a   Hashimoto, Yasuo ^a   Kuno, Masahiro ^a   Coombs, Richard J ^a   Herbert, Damon C ^c   Soji, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior pituitary; LH RH; Pars tuberalis; Rat (Wistar Imamichi); S 100 protein

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GAP JUNCTION; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STELLATE CELL;

EID: 3242671343     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-003-0851-9     Document Type: Article

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