The regulatory role of neurotensin on the hypothalamic-anterior pituitary axons: Emphasis on the control of thyroid-related functions

Neuropeptides

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Stolakis, Vasileios ^a   Kalafatakis, Konstantinos ^a   Botis, John ^a   Zarros, Apostolos ^a   Liapi, Charis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Neurotensin; Pituitary; Receptors; Regulation; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; NEUROTENSIN; PROLACTIN; THYROID HORMONE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADRENAL GLAND; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GONAD; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; METABOLIC BALANCE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SYNAPSE VESICLE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN RELEASE;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; AXONS; GONADS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; NEUROTENSIN; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PROLACTIN; THYROID GLAND;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 73549102876     PISSN: 01434179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2009.09.005     Document Type: Review

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