Functional importance of blood flow dynamics and partial oxygen pressure in the anterior pituitary

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2087-2095

  Schaeffer, Marie ^a,b,c   Hodson, David J ^a,b   Lafont, Chrystel ^a,b   Mollard, Patrice ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNOMIQUE FONCTIONNELLE   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Growth hormone; in vivo imaging; Pituitary; Vessels

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; BRAIN OXYGEN TENSION; CELL ACTIVITY; ENDOCRINE CELL; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN SECRETING CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STELLATE CELL;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HUMANS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY HORMONES, ANTERIOR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 78650018077     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07525.x     Document Type: Article

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