Expression of P2Y receptors in the rat anterior pituitary

Purinergic Signalling

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-219

  Yu, Qiang ^a   Guo, Wei ^a   Song, Xianmin ^a   Liu, Xiaofeng ^a   Xiang, Zhenghua ^a   He, Cheng ^a   Burnstock, Geoffrey ^b  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; P2Y receptors; Pituitary; Rat

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961001478     PISSN: 15739538     EISSN: 15739546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11302-011-9236-9     Document Type: Article

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