Nitric Oxide and Guanylate Cyclase Signalling are Differentially Involved in Gonadotrophin (LH) Release Responses to Two Endogenous GnRHs from Goldfish Pituitary Cells

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1166-1181

  Meints, A N ^a   Pemberton, J G ^a   Chang, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

DAF 2 DA NO fluorescence; Goldfish pituitary cell primary culture; Inhibitors of NOS; LH like teleost gonadotrophin II; NO scavenger; SGC and PKG; SGnRH and cGnRH II; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; 2 (4 CARBOXYPHENYL) 4,4,5,5 TETRAMETHYLIMIDAZOLINE 1 OXYL 3 OXIDE; 7 NITROINDAZOLE; AMINOGUANIDINE; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; GONADOTROPIN; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; KT 5823; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; N [3 (AMINOMETHYL)BENZYL]ACETAMIDINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; RUTOSIDE; SCAVENGER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOLDFISH; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CARBAZOLES; FEMALE; GOLDFISH; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITROPRUSSIDE; PITUITARY GLAND; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84863593784     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2012.02323.x     Document Type: Article

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