Expression & Function of a Serotoninergic
System in the Rat Anterior Pituitary

Acta Biomedical Lovaniensia No. 379


By Anna-Pia Papageorgiou
December 2006
Leuven University Press
Distributed By Coronet Books
ISBN: 9789058675828
144 pages, Illustrated, 6 1/4 x 9 1/2"
$97.50 Paper Original


I: Introduction

1. The pituitary
2. The serotoninergic system
3. Functions of 5-HT
4. 5-HT and disease

II: Aims and objectives

III: Materials and methods

IV: Expression of the canonical elements of a serotoninergic system in the rat anterior pituitary

1. Introduction
2. Results
3. Discussion

V: Effect of 5-HT on basal PRL release of anterior pituitary aggregate cell

1. Introduction
2. Results
3. Discussion

VI: Effect of 5-HT on basal GH release of anterior pituitary aggregate cells

1. Introduction
2. Results
3. Discussion

VII: Prodcution of endogenous 5-HTR ligands

1. Introduction
2. Results
3. Discussion

VIII: General discussion and future perspectives

IX: Summary

X: Samenvatting



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