Revisiting the stimulus-secretion coupling in the adrenal medulla: Role of gap junction-mediated intercellular communication

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-100

  Colomer, Claude ^a,b   Desarménien, Michel G ^a,b   Guérineau, Nathalie C ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNOMIQUE FONCTIONNELLE   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Adrenal medulla; Catecholamine release; Cholinergic synaptic transmission; Chromaffin cells; Development; Gap junctions; Innervation; Physiopathology; Stimulus secretion coupling; Stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CATECHOLAMINE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; HORMONE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; BIRTH; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL TYPE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CHROMAFFIN CELL; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; EXOCYTOSIS; GAP JUNCTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STIMULUS SECRETION COUPLING; STRESS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TUMOR GROWTH; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHROMAFFIN CELLS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 69849093763     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12035-009-8073-0     Document Type: Review

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