Evidence for a paracrine role of endogenous adrenomedullary galanin in the regulation of glucocorticoid secretion in the rat adrenal gland

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 511-515

  Andreis, Paola G ^a   Tortorella, Cinzia ^a   Ziolkowska, Agnieska ^b   Spinazzi, Raffaella ^a   Malendowicz, Ludwik K ^b   Neri, Giuliano ^a   Nussdorfer, Gastone G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex; Adrenal medulla; Catecholamine secretion; Corticosterone secretion; Galanin; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALPRENOLOL; CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOSTERONE; GALANIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PARACRINE SIGNALING; RAT; SECRETION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ALPRENOLOL; ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; CORTICOSTERONE; GALANIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 33947539125     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.19.3.511     Document Type: Article

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