Galanin enhances corticosterone secretion from dispersed rat adrenocortical cells through the activation of GAL-R1 and GAL-R2 receptors coupled to the adenylate cyclase-dependent signaling cascade

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 149-155

  Andreis, Paola G ^a   Malendowicz, Ludwik K ^b   Rebuffat, Piera ^a   Spinazzi, Raffaella ^a   Ziolkowska, Agnieska ^b   Nussdorfer, Gastone G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adenylate cyclase; Adrenocortical cells; Corticosterone secretion; Galanin; Galanin receptors; Rat

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CORTICOSTERONE; GALANIN; GALANIN RECEPTOR 1; GALANIN RECEPTOR 2;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT; SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; GALANIN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, GALANIN, TYPE 1; RECEPTOR, GALANIN, TYPE 2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 34548095833     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.19.1.149     Document Type: Article

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