Calcium and other signalling pathways in neuroendocrine regulation of somatotroph functions

Cell Calcium

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 240-252

  Chang, John P ^a   Habibi, Hamid R ^b   Yu, Yi ^a   Moussavi, Mina ^b   Grey, Caleb L ^a   Pemberton, Joshua G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcium stores; Growth hormone secretion and expression; Intracellular signal transduction; Membrane ion channels; Neuroendocrine regulation; Teleost and mammalian somatotrophs

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC GMP; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; SODIUM PROTON EXCHANGE PROTEIN; SOMATOSTATIN; SOMATOSTATIN 14;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GOLDFISH; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELEOST;

CARASSIUS AURATUS; MAMMALIA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84858298590     PISSN: 01434160     EISSN: 15321991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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