The neurophysiology of neurosecretory cells

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 585, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 645-647

  Armstrong, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; NEUROPEPTIDE; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CELL VACUOLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXOCYTOSIS; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MILK EJECTION; NERVE ENDING; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CYTOARCHITECTURE; HUMAN; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOTE; OSMORECEPTOR; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MILK EJECTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 37249079347     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.145755     Document Type: Article

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