Castration-Induced modifications of GnRH-elicited [Ca2+]i signaling patterns in male mouse pituitary gonadotrophs in situ: Studies in the acute pituitary slice preparation

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Durán Pastén, María Luisa ^a   Fiordelisio Coll, Tatiana ^b   Hernández Cruz, Arturo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Calcium; Castration; Gonadotrophs; Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH); Pituitary slice

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GONADORELIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CASTRATED MALE; CASTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GOLGI COMPLEX; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE VENTRAL LOBE; SEMINAL VESICLE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GONADOTROPHS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MODELS, ANIMAL; ORCHIECTOMY; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84877020518     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.112.103812     Document Type: Article

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