Dependence of the Excitability of Pituitary Cells on Cyclic Nucleotides

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1183-1200

  Stojilkovic, S S ^a   Kretschmannova, K ^a   Tomic M ^a   Stratakis, C A ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

cAMP; cGMP; Protein kinase A; Protein kinase G; Voltage gated channels

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CALCIUM; CATION CHANNEL; CORTICOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; ENDOTHELIN; FORSKOLIN; GHRELIN; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HYPERPOLARISATION ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE REGULATED CHANNEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; MESSENGER RNA; N [2 (4 BROMOCINNAMYLAMINO)ETHYL] 5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONAMIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4,5 BISPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.1; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.9; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL 1; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL 3; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL 5; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL 7; TREK 1 CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

BIOENERGY; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOTHESIS; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN SECRETING CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; ENDOCRINE CELLS; FORSKOLIN; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PITUITARY GLAND; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84865345708     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2012.02335.x     Document Type: Review

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