Cell-cell communication in the pituitary: orchestrator of pulsatile growth hormone secretion?

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 299-300

  Asa, Sylvia L ^a   Tannenbaum, Gloria S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL JUNCTION; ENDOCRINE CELL; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; PITUITARY GLAND; PULSATILE FLOW; SOMATOTROPHS;

EID: 33748867553     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2006.08.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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